Prerequisites for mastering the reading of a Latin text

The paper first outlines the state of the methodology of teaching Roman literature in the Czech Republic (and in the world) and deals with basic considerations about the possible form of literary education in Latin classes. However, the core of the paper is the presentation of the prerequisites necessary for mastering the reading of a Latin text. The paper concludes by offering a possible methodological approach to literary education in Latin classes in the conditions of schools in the Czech Republic and possibly also in Poland.