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Learning to read ancient Latin with Luke Ranieri and LingQ

When researching language learning I discovered a book that supposedly teaches you Latin, entirely in Latin:  Lingua Latina per se Illustrata Familia Romana . There is no other language present in the book. It starts with very short sentences and slowly introduces new vocabulary and grammatical concepts, relying on the reader's underlying understanding shared by Indo-European language speakers. Since I started my Russian acquisition journey in the summer of 2020 I've come across many people sharing their enthusiasm for languages. One of those is Luke Ranieri ( Lukeranieri.com ) who runs two YouTube channels  Polymathy  and  Scorpius Martianus  where he shares his interest in Latin amongst other things.  I've discovered that not only is the text of this book available on  Lingq.com  but it also has an accompanying narration by Luke (he also has a different set of recordings with a co-narrator on his YouTube Channel). I bought a bunch of the Lingua Latina books, including tho