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Observaciones y contexto

Cornelia was the first of many female representatives of epistolary production whose texts are not preserved. They are only known by the references made to them by their recipients. The letters had a private purpose and their authors are related to the protagonists of Roman history from the 1st century BC and to the imperial court: Servilia (mother of Brutus), Pilia and Caecilia Attica (wife and daughter of Atticus), Terentia and Tullia (wife and daughter of Cicero), Publilia (second wife of Cicero), and Fulvia (wife of Mark Antony). Related to the emperor are his mother Acia, his sister Octavia the Younger, his daughter Julia the Elder, and his wife Livia. 
 
Using Cornelia and her epistolar activity as a starting point, we will study a letter, written on wooden-leaf tablets, which was found in Vindolanda. It is an invitation to a birthday party. The text in Latin, its translation and an adaptation are given. The words belonging to the third declension have been ommitted and substituted, as well as the tenses that are not in the indicative or imperative form. The main goal is that the activity can be completed even if the students have not learned yet about the third declension or are not familiar with conjugations yet. The level of the activity can be adapted by changing the words or tenses mentioned (supra). 
 

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Using the adaptation to an invitation to a birthday party found in Vindolanda, students will create their own invitation to a friend. Their friend, in turn, will text them wishing happy birthday using one of the expressions suggested. 

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