Cicero. Pro Archia Poeta Oratio

Winner of the 2026 Bolchazy Pedagogy Book Award The multifaceted discussions in Cicero's Pro Archia Poeta Oratio make it an engaging text for intermediate students and a lively introduction to Roman forensic practices and Ciceronian rhetoric. This volume presents the Latin text of this innovative speech in a tiered format: each section of the original Latin is accompanied by three different simplified versions of progressive difficulty. This new method of textual presentation supports intermediate and advanced Latin readers by encouraging comprehension of each successive version as they build towards full engagement with the authentic, unadapted Latin text. "[T]his text provides a gentle introduction to Latin prose and allows hesitant students to build their Latin reading skills at their own pace. [...] Pisarello's tiered approach makes this reader a genuinely useful resource for teachers of Comprehensible Input-based classes, classrooms with students of varying levels of Latin proficiency, or for independent learners seeking to progressively build reading fluency." Cassandra Ball, The Classical Journal

Winner of the 2026 Bolchazy Pedagogy Book Award The multifaceted discussions in Cicero's Pro Archia Poeta Oratio make it an engaging text for intermediate students and a lively introduction to Roman forensic practices and Ciceronian rhetoric. This volume presents the Latin text of this innovative speech in a tiered format: each section of the original Latin is accompanied by three different simplified versions of progressive difficulty. This new method of textual presentation supports intermediate and advanced Latin readers by encouraging comprehension of each successive version as they build towards full engagement with the authentic, unadapted Latin text. "[T]his text provides a gentle introduction to Latin prose and allows hesitant students to build their Latin reading skills at their own pace. [...] Pisarello's tiered approach makes this reader a genuinely useful resource for teachers of Comprehensible Input-based classes, classrooms with students of varying levels of Latin proficiency, or for independent learners seeking to progressively build reading fluency." Cassandra Ball, The Classical Journal