These days, the first lesson of high school Latin is often to answer the question: why Latin? The language peaked in the era of Roman gladiators and slowly faded throughout the Middle Ages. Today, 800 ...

MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - If you really want to enhance your vocabulary, take Latin. Latin is everywhere - in our government buildings, in medical and legal language, and it is the foundation for Romance ...

Se habla español? The question answers itself in more and more American cities. By contrast, Spain's two biggest neighbors, France and Italy, hardly know Spain exists. I first visited Spain a few ...

Fan fiction, Minecraft and Taylor Swift lyrics are hardly the stuff of traditional Latin lessons. They are, however, part of an expanding repertoire that teachers are successfully drawing on to deepen ...

Not every journalist who spends time overseas should write a policy book. From 2004 to 2007, Weitzman was the Financial Times' correspondent for the Andean region, based in Lima, Peru -- a country on ...

Seventh grade students at Ottoson Middle School participated in gladiator battles with cardboard swords during Latin class and used Latin cheers and phrases. (Photo by Nathan Klima for The Boston ...

In the basement of a nursing home in Milwaukee, the world's best Latin lessons are given for free. That's where Father Reginald Foster, a priest who lacks patience, gives his lessons. He's managed to ...

On April 8, a group of 65 ambitious West Rowan High School students ventured to Wake Forest University in hopes of winning their 15th consecutive North Carolina Junior Classical League title. After ...

For Reina Callier, learning Latin ‘is like lifting weights for your brain’ When a student in one of Reina Callier’s Latin classes said, “I came for the language, I stayed for the vibes,” she laughed, ...