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This text presents in detail the content of the curricula and programs related to the study of classical languages and classical antiquity in Serbia and Romania. According to higher education and the study of classical languages in programs, different from the specialized bachelor programs, such is being offered in Serbia in just a few places for some philological majors (such as "Romance Studies"). The most practiced training mainly in Latin Language for non-professionals is being observed in Romania. Such training is included in bachelor programs of Historical, Theological and Legal Department. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows the outcomes of a study carried out at the Department of Classical Philology at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology in Sofi a University, dealing with latest trends in classical education in the Balkan area. It aims to outline some crucial characteristics of teaching and learning ancient languages, history and culture in secondary and higher education in the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. Emphasis is put on the different ways by which different educational systems face the challenges in harmonizing their own national features with both the new development and research tendencies in classics and the new generations' requirements. In all the countries surveyed, a central issue comes to the fore: education in classics turns out to be a strong medium for actualizing both the common European identity of diverse nationhoods and the countries' own national distinctiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]