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The Latin Language Through Story: Part I (Udemy.com)

A Natural Method to Learning Classical Latin

Created by: Benedict Atchley

Last updated February 2022

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What you will learn

  • Learn the Latin language through a story that scaffolds in difficulty with each lesson.
  • Learn new Latin grammar rules in each lesson.
  • Learn new vocabulary.
  • Learn sentence frames which will help not only in composing Latin but also in speaking it.

How it compares

Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 25% of them
  • Reviews34#513 of 536 by number of reviews
  • Length2.8 hoursshorter than 73% of them
  • Last updatedFebruary 2022earlier than 69% of them

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Course Description

As the title suggests, The Latin Language Through Story aims to teach the language through a story which scaffolds in difficulty with each progressing lesson.   Every lesson begins with an introduction to a new grammatical concept(s), and then it puts this new concept into practice in the form a short, recorded reading entirely in Latin.  The story follows a Roman family and their servants as they go about their daily life in the Roman countryside.


This is the first in a series of courses that will teach the Latin language through one continuous story.  Read along and enjoy learning Latin with Quintus, Sabina, and their children.  The grammar topics in this course include the following spread across eight lessons:


  • The five major noun cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative)

  • The present tense of verbs in all four conjugations

  • The infinitive and the complementary infinitive

  • Helping verbs

  • Special verbs with a dative (intransitive verbs)

  • The imperative voice

  • The verb to be

  • The relative pronoun

...and more!


This course includes hundreds of commonly used Latin vocabulary words, a Latin-English translation of the course's story - Fabula Latina - as well as exercise sheets and translation exercises.


With nearly three hours of video, plenty of reading, and additional grammar and translation exercises this course is bound to keep you busy and to help you enjoy learning the two thousand year old parent tongue of so many languages spoken today.

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Instructor Details

Benedict Atchley

Benedict Atchley was born in Pomona, California in the United States of America.  He is the second oldest child in a family of thirteen.  He attended Aquinas College from 2007 to 2011, where he received a BA in business administration.  Since then he has written two full length novels while working in the telecommunications industry as a financial analyst.  He first began studying Latin in high school and continued the study in college.  His fondness for the language encouraged him to continue his study of Latin on his own.  His residence is in Nashville, TN, but he is currently travelling abroad with his wife and daughter.

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Reviews

4.5

34 ratings on Udemy

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By Yee Man Tse on 3/25/2025

fun and interesting way to learn Latin

By Catalino Alfafara on 2/5/2025

The inset video of the lecturer hides some areas of the presentation slide; this prevents the contents of the hidden areas from being read. It’s a bit discouraging.

By Gaby on 12/2/2022

very clear pronunciation, very good, fun for me as a beginner !

By Jin Ru Jenkins on 5/27/2022

Yes this lesson was good for a beginner learning about basics.

By Edward Reginald Triance on 3/3/2022

Having no knowledge of any language except a smattering of Spanish I have found Benedict's method of learning very suitable for me. I'm surprised at how much I have learnt. However, although I am able to translate the Readings, I realise that I must revise most of the lectures many times and attempt more translation to fully understand the application of the grammer. Looking forward to eventual release of Part 11.

By Dianne Payne on 1/8/2022

Yes, it’s better than I expected.

By Anthony Krippes on 3/1/2024

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Overall Score : 90 / 100