Veni, vidi, vici -- Latin says, "I came, I saw, I'm still around."

From today's New York Times:

A Dead Language That's Very Much Alive

By WINNIE HU

The resurgence of a language once rejected as outdated and irrelevant is reflected across the country as Latin is embraced by a new generation of students.

Above right: Mark McWilliams instructs discipuli (students) of Latin, including Sabrina Torres, left, and Daniela Aguilar, at Isaac E. Young Middle School in New Rochelle, N.Y.