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inity" by the ancient Romans and educated speakers of the language for the past 2,000 years. A majority of authors who followed the Gold Age of Roman literature, spanning from approximately 70 BC to 18 AD, including the very gold standard of Latinity, namely the works of Marcus Tullius Cicero, were effective or supremely good at imitating the style of their predecessors over the millennia, giving us the gift today of an unbroken chain of Latin speakers and authors since antiquity. There are many thousands of people today who speak and write in Latin on a daily basis — see the myriad links below for all the podcasts, YouTube channels, blogs, books, schools, and conventions where Latin is the *sole* instrument of communication — and we who use the language actively must ask ourselves what the standard, proper, right use of the language is, from vocabulary to syntax. No doubt Cicero is to be imitated most assiduously, but what of other authors who came after who deviate from this style? particularly the Mediaeval and Renaissance authors, who form more than 80% of the almost innumerable works written in Latin over the centuries. Are we allowed to use their coins vocabulary terms and expressions? Or should we aim for something more Classical? Do we lose something or gain something by concentrating on Golden Age Latin with severity or exclusivity? Thanks for sharing your thoughts in the comments below! · Acroāmata Latīna / Latin Language Podcasts · Legio XIII https://legioxiii.podomatic.com Quomodo Dicitur http://quomododicitur.com Sermones Raedarii, Alexander Veronensis https://sermonesraedarii.podomatic.com https://www.patreon.com/alexanderveronensis Satura Lanx, Irene Regini https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/saturalanx Intercapedines Latinae, Rodericus Portela https://www.spreaker.com/show/intercapedines-latinae Reginaldus Mercator https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/reginaldusmercator In Foro Romano https://soundcloud.com/in-foro-romano Philologia Perennis https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/philologiaperennis Latinitium https://www.latinitium.com/podcastindex Discite Mecum https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/discitemecum Auditiunculae https://auditiunculae.podomatic.com Sermones Erasmiani https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sermoneserasmiani · Canālēs Latīnī in Tubulō / Latin Language YouTube · ScorpioMartianus: https://www.youtube.com/scorpiomartianus Magister Craft: https://www.youtube.com/divusmagistercraft Latinitium: https://www.youtube.com/latinitium Aprilis Albuquerquensis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIlzHX1e0nmgsnVZS9f_71Q Beatus Helvetius Salodurensis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpnnIJy7j6aHUOVhyjzajzg Musa Pedestris: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZj8wGAuymYFK9JFdd-IR5A Noctes Wratislavienses: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrnMx3r2Tj9cv0nanAo35A Nives Ursa: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2O_cgsAg559ZYAzFk4p24A Alexander Veronensis: https://www.youtube.com/user/Alessandroconti399 Paedeia: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpxWOYMpBz1vBFGO5VJ2rMQ Stephanus "Rumak" Victorius https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsXlPwvq17rQ2tIcixwRZw and guest interview on Legio XIII podcast (Aug 17, 2018): https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/legioxiii/episodes/2018-08-17T06_36_12-07_00 Magister Circulus, David Ring https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUTUPhsuCSN2xfSbzlFlFjA Joannes Oculus https://www.youtube.com/user/ioculus Meet other Latin speakers! Weekly chats: https://latinandgreekchats.weebly.com Latin-speaking Conventicula in Lexington, KY, and Dickinson College, PA: https://mcl.as.uky.edu/conventiculum-latinum GrecoLatinoVivo: http://grecolatinovivo.it/ Schola Latina: http://scholalatina.it/en/ Polis Institute: http://www.polisjerusalem.org/ ***** Luke Ranieri Audiobooks: https://luke-ranieri.myshopify.com Support at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LukeRanieri polýMathy website: http://lukeranieri.com/polymathy/ polýMathy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lukepolymath polýMathy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukePolymath/ polýMathy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeranieri/ · My other YouTube channels · ScorpioMartianus (Latin language channel) https://www.youtube.com/scorpiomartianus Skywalker (pop culture) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDT-5QkxGTWp3vtpbCLBxew Japanese Shōdō (Japanese language learning) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdpDEdGJkW9y9RlJv2Hhw-A Luke the Pilot (aircraft) https://www.youtube.com/LukeAmadeusRanieri Robert Ranieri (my father, the greatest artist of the 20th & 21st centuries) https://www.youtube.com/RobertRanieri ***** The book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2nVUfqd Thank you for subscribing!