Barely a week passes without someone complaining about the teaching of English or foreign languages, usually because it involves too much, or too little, grammar. The ancients also had to face the problem. Clearly, non-Romans who wanted a career in Roman high society, the courts, civil administration or the army needed to learn Latin.
Peter Jones
How the Romans taught Latin (N.M. Gwynne would not approve)
Ancient texts for Greeks learning Latin (and vice versa) look suspiciously like the Cambridge Latin Course
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