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Roman Roads Press Roman Roads Press is a publisher of classical Christian curriculum, with an emphasis on video curricu Our mission is to help families "inherit the humanities."

Roman Roads Press is a publisher of classical Christian curriculum.

How is the Great Books Challenge going? Did you know you can join (free!) anytime during the year? An archive of each we...
09/26/2025

How is the Great Books Challenge going?

Did you know you can join (free!) anytime during the year?

An archive of each week is available in the app to catch up or go at your own pace.

https://greatbookschallenge.com

In his book Surprised by Joy, C. S. Lewis talks about “driving gloriously” through the Iliad (in Greek) in his mid-teens...
09/26/2025

In his book Surprised by Joy, C. S. Lewis talks about “driving gloriously” through the Iliad (in Greek) in his mid-teens while studying with his tutor, the “Great Knock”.

That was just before World War I, and all British schoolboys of the same age would have read Homer, or at least parts, in the original Greek (though they certainly did not all have the same experience of joy in the pursuit).

The American classicist Allen Rogers Benner, in the Preface to his 1903 Selections from Homer’s Iliad, says that the volume “includes the books [of the Iliad] commonly required for admission to American colleges…”

This expectation - that boys had already read lengthy sections of Homer in the original Greek in high school before college - was not for entry into classics programs, but for entry into any American college for any course of study.

It was assumed throughout Europe and America to be a fundamental part of a sound secondary education for everyone before college, because exposure to great storytelling and contemplation of the great questions about human existence that Homer raises so powerfully were always thought to be necessary to be truly human.

– Wesley Callihan, introduction to The Iliad.

https://HomerPoem.com

The Forgotten Realm: Civics for American Christians As American Christians, we have a rich political inheritance and a s...
09/22/2025

The Forgotten Realm: Civics for American Christians

As American Christians, we have a rich political inheritance and a strong desire to act. Yet our action is stunted by reactionary politics and a lack of understanding of the systems which govern us. It is time for a practical manual on American government written specifically for Christians.

The Forgotten Realm is not primarily focused on the "why" of political engagement as much as a practical guide to the "how." You will not finish the book saying "now what?". You will have work to do, applied to your circumstance and gifts, which might include direct involvement in politics, or more simply the knowledge of how to pray for the oft-forgotten realm that surrounds each and every one of us.

https://civilrealm.com

Stocking the Larders of our Minds"Have you kept a regular Journal?" writes John Adams to his son. "If you have not, you ...
09/20/2025

Stocking the Larders of our Minds

"Have you kept a regular Journal?" writes John Adams to his son. "If you have not, you will be likely to forget most of the Observations you have made."

I want to advocate for a specific kind of journaling that pays great dividends to the classical student: the art of keeping a commonplace book.

A commonplace book is similar to a journal, but specifically oriented towards the words of others worth remembering. The result is that phrases, observations, quotes, jokes, or maxims become "commonplace" to one's own intellect.

The man or woman who commonplaces is stocking the larder of his mind. At the opportune time, he can fetch whatever provisions he needs for the occasion at hand.

That occasion may be an anecdote in casual conversion, or a formal speech, or at a critical moment a commonplace may serve him to convince someone to action.

There are other benefits to keeping a physical Commonplace Book as well. John Adams continued his letter to his son: "One contracts a Fondness of Writing by Use. We learn to write readily, and what is of more importance We think, and improve our Judgments, by committing our Thoughts to Paper."

https://romanroadspress.com/store/commonplace-book/

Dear friends, This was a dark week. We lost a friend, leader, and a great symbol of dialogue, diplomacy, and rhetoric – ...
09/13/2025

Dear friends,

This was a dark week. We lost a friend, leader, and a great symbol of dialogue, diplomacy, and rhetoric – an embodiment of the “good man speaking well.”

Charlie Kirk loved God, loved his country, and dedicated his life to seeing the good of the city. Barely a week ago, he posted on X, “Jesus defeated death so you can live.”

How can we honor his life and mission?

One way is to pick up where he left off. Pick up the flag, and carry it forward. Love God. Speak truth. Marry and stay faithful. Have children and give them a Christian education. Become involved.

I hesitate to mention our last interaction with Charlie Kirk lest it seem opportunistic, as it involved what we hoped would be a business relationship. Yet to not mention it would be a failure to tell you something about Charlie that honors his work and legacy.

This July, Elizabeth Landis flew last minute to the TPUSA conference with one mission: to personally hand Charlie her book The Forgotten Realm: Civics for American Christians. She accomplished that mission and spoke to Charlie about the book. Our goal was that TPUSA would carry the book, putting it into the hands of thousands of young people who were being reminded about the forgotten civil realm and equipped to engage with it.

Charlie did not forget the civil realm. As a Christian with his faith in Christ leading the way, he engaged it fearlessly. We are not all called to engage it as he did (though I pray thousands fill his shoes!), but we are called to engage it in whatever way God places on our path, whether that is praying for our elected officials (1 Tim. 2:1-2), attending civic meetings, or even running for office. But none of that is possible without first knowing how the civil realm works.

Honor Charlie Kirk’s legacy by imitating him. Pray for those who will fill his shoes.

We have a resource that didn’t make it into the appendices of the book that I want to share with you here.

It is called “Proverbs and Politics: Apply the Books of Proverbs to the Civil Realm.” We have a web version, and you can access it below. It is an excellent way to apply Proverbs to turbulent times.

May God comfort us as we mourn the loss of a friend, leader, husband, father, and champion of the faith.

May God comfort his wife Erika and their two young children in particular.

With hope,
Daniel Foucachon, CEO

LINK: Proverbs and Politics: Applying the Book of Proverbs to the Civil Realm
https://romanroadspress.com/proverbs-and-politics/

Notice towards the end: “...they beget children; but they do not destroy their offspring.” This is in the 3rd century, a...
09/09/2025

Notice towards the end: “...they beget children; but they do not destroy their offspring.”
This is in the 3rd century, and Christians were already known for protecting life.

“For the Christians are distinguished from other men neither by country, nor language, nor the customs which they observe. For they neither inhabit cities of their own, nor employ a peculiar form of speech, nor lead a life which is marked out by any singularity. The course of conduct which they follow has not been devised by any speculation or deliberation of inquisitive men; nor do they, like some, proclaim themselves the advocates of any merely human doctrines. But, inhabiting Greek as well as barbarian cities, according as the lot of each of them has determined, and following the customs of the natives in respect to clothing, food, and the rest of their ordinary conduct, they display to us their wonderful and confessedly striking method of life. They dwell in their own countries, but simply as sojourners. As citizens, they share in all things with others, and yet endure all things as if foreigners. Every foreign land is to them as their native country, and every land of their birth as a land of strangers. They marry, as do all [others]; they beget children; but they do not destroy their offspring. They have a common table, but not a common bed.”
- Epistle to Diognetus, ch 5., from Early Christianity, Vol. 7 in the Old Western Culture Reader Series

https://romanroadspress.com/readers/

We greatly appreciate when families purchase directly from Roman Roads Press vs Amazon. Not only do we retain more of th...
09/04/2025

We greatly appreciate when families purchase directly from Roman Roads Press vs Amazon.

Not only do we retain more of the sale price and pass on more to our authors, but we have the joy of packing the books ourselves, including our famous bookmarks and curriculum-branded packing tape, and enjoy a relationship directly with you as our customer.

But we also understand the occasional need for near-immediate delivery speeds offered by Amazon! And, Amazon reviews are deeply appreciated!

If you need a book tomorrow, don't hesitate to use Amazon. (Calculus for Everyone is finally in-stock on Amazon!)

If you purchased books through us or Amazon, we would be very grateful for your honest review on Amazon. (Newly-published The Essential Dante could use some reviews!)

But if you want the swag + maximum support of a small business publishing new curriculum, purchase from our site.

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Roman Roads Press is a publisher of classical Christian curriculum with an emphasis on high school level and beyond. We communicate a love of learning and foster curiosity in students using video courses, beautifully crafted textbooks and books, and flipped-online classes taught by authors and teachers who are masters in their field.

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