This explanation relies upon Trajan’s rescript of 112 CE in response to a letter from Pliny the Younger. The magistrate would remind the accused of that concise decree, “ non licet esse Christianos,” to which the accused would reply, if he were faithful, “ Christianus sum” (I am a Christian), and the case would be closed. The apologists consistently reaffirm that Christians were accused merely of being Christians that they were reproached only for bearing that name, and Tertullian repeatedly asserts that the sentence condemning them indicates no other crime than that. This expression underlies many sayings of authors such as Tertullian: “What a harsh law you have written, which says to us: you are forbidden to exist” ( non licet esse vos). The text is no longer extant, but if it existed it probably contained these terms of proscription: “ Non licet esse Christianos”. The traditional explanation of Christian persecution traces its origin to an imperial decree dating back to Nero or Domitian that Tertullian calls the Institutum neronianum. It was new to me, and I thought that others might find it interesting also. He has won international prizes in Latin Composition.Tertullian tells us, in his Apologeticum that Christians were told, simply, “Non licet esse vos!” (You are not allowed to exist!) I happened to see a very nice summary of what this meant, and what it tells us, in Servais Pinckaers Spirituality of Martyrdom, p.66. Terence Tunberg teaches Latin Composition, Latin Literature, and Classics at the University of Kentucky. Milena Minkova teaches Latin Composition, Latin Literature, and Classics at the University of Kentucky. Ziolkowski, The George Washington University, in Bryn Mawr Classical Review For all who would like to introduce more composition into their Latin reading courses, this text will certainly offer an attractive option." Prepared by the team that heads the Institutum Latinum at the University of Kentucky, it consists of twenty-five chapters that provide selections from Latin readings as models for composition.This book will stimulate teachers to employ its methodology on whatever authors they are reading in class. "This is an excellent little book filled with varied exercises in Latin composition. The book offers a number of highly structured composition exercises that introduce students to a deeper understanding of Latin grammar and prose as well as to greater facility in reading and understanding it. This text encourages the student to think in Latin through the process of reading unedited Latin selections and then composing in Latin, as opposed to the process of translating back and forth into English. Readings and Exercises in Latin Prose Composition provides a refreshing approach for the standard Latin composition course offered at the college level. If you have adopted this text for your course click here to request a copy of the answer key.
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