There is represented the experience of the special course of the Latin language for classical disciplines for distant education (20 hours). There is suggested the methodology based on grammar mastering without translation till the beginning of the basic syntax study. As the course goals there is stated the ability to translate a simple original (non-adapted) text, study of language mechanisms of Indo-European languages by the example of Latin, making the process of further studying languages of the Romance group easier, familiarization with the antique culture. There is described the potential of distant education, as well as some difficulties that may appear.