Learning Latin the Ancient Way

You may be interested in this article from the Guardian. Professor Eleanor Dickey (Reading University) has produced a collection of phrases books for Greek (?) learners of Latin in the 2nd to 6th century.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/10/ancient-greek-manuscripts-reveal-life-lessons-from-the-roman-empire

For the those who crave the revival of the ancient way of learning languages this looks like it fits the bill:

http://readingancientschoolroom.com/

I’ve been tempted for a while, but they’re not exactly priced to sell:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classical-languages/colloquia-hermeneumata-pseudodositheana?format=WX

This is coming out soon:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classical-languages/learning-latin-ancient-way-latin-textbooks-ancient-world?format=PB#contentsTabAnchor

I’m waiting for her Greek composition book to appear:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classical-languages/introduction-composition-and-analysis-greek-prose?format=PB

Some of the publications you are interested in are available here https://reading.academia.edu/EleanorDickey

Is it basically a new edition of this?
https://archive.org/stream/corpusglossarior03linduoft#page/636/mode/2up

That is a nice set of basic phrases. I wonder if it would be worth memorizing sections to help me with both Latin and Greek. Looking at the first part though, I’m not sure whether φῶς = lux and φάος = lumen is any sort of valid distinction.