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Awkard Phrasing in Book III summary

The repetition of Quintus in the phrase: Quintus distances himself from the scheming Salvius, whose plot to kill King Cogidubnus is thwarted by Quintus sounds tilted. Is the reading not improved by simply saying: "Quintus distances himself from the scheming Salvius, whose plot to kill King Cogidubnus he thwarts". It puts the statement in the active voice and remediates repetition of the proper noun Quintus.

Changes?

Why was a change made between the British and US version (4 instead of 5 books, vocabulary on bottom rather than on the sides) of the book? It seems stupid to do that. Geoking66 02:50, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spoiler Warning?

Isn't a spoiler warning a little excessive? We're talking about a Latin course here. Grumio getting drunk had to be the only interesting part. --Billy 23:52, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. The Cambridge Latin Course teaches Latin through story, and so a spoiler warning is quite appropriate. SchuminWeb (Talk) 17:57, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A spoiler tag will be redundant. GreaterWikiholic 18:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Who Crossover

An episode of Doctor Who called Rome Sweet Rome is crossing over with the CLC. Could someone who has better Wikiskills than me add that in? ToaDjango (talk) 19:14, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be inclined to remove it if it were added because in the context of the Cambridge Latin Course, it's trivia, and is really quite irrelevant to the topic. SchuminWeb (Talk) 19:29, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Format and methods

When I started this course in 1979, it was not in the form of a book but a set of pamphlets which came in a box or plastic bag. Also, I seem to remember it avoided the correct terms for noun cases for fear that pupils would be afraid of them. If I remember correctly, nominative was referred to as 'form A' and accusative 'form B'. I believe that later pupils had newer editions with the correct terminology. Does anyone know any more about this and the rationale for it? 86.147.218.51 (talk) 21:20, 12 April 2008 (UTC)SC[reply]

Can't help with the 70s pamphlets, but certainly by the time I was using them in the early 90s they were proper books, with the cases

Nominative

Vocative

Accusative

Genitive

Dative

Ablative

They were always laid out in that order, and I used to remember them by imagining that Nvagda was some Eastern-European city :-) 93.97.184.230 (talk) 08:27, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

BTW Quintus and Cephalus are awesome :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.122.107.37 (talk) 21:15, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Quintus with a Nuke?

Whoever put that is a comic genius. Or did it actually happen? Anyone know?

81.154.14.90 (talk) 14:40, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Salvius

Currently Gaius Salvius Liberalis (fiction) is a redirect to this page. This page contains several piped links to Gaius Salvius Liberalis (history). Is the fictional character based on the historical figure? If so, that ought to be explained. If not, perhaps the piped links need to be removed. I would also recommend linking Gaius Salvius Liberalis (fiction) either to the section Cambridge Latin Course#Main characters, or else to an {{Anchor}} at the character's name. Cnilep (talk) 03:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Being Human

Actually, it was not Caecilius, but Clemens, who was in the garden. Caecilius was at the table (in tablino). Worth checking. Kicior99 (talk) 14:11, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]