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Texts

Caesar DBG 1.1

Caesar “Invasion”

Caesar “Invasion”

Caesar DBG 6.13-16

Caesar DBG 6.13-16

Catullus Poems 1, 5

Catullus Poems 7, 8; 2, 3

Catullus Poems 13, 50

Vergil Aeneid 1.1-131

Vergil Aeneid 1.132-222

Vergil Aeneid 2.1-56

Vergil Aeneid 2.199-249

Major Skills

Evaluate Latin syntax; Explain morphology

Interpret literature; Read maps; Predict outcomes

Infer motive; Assess competence

Compare cultures; Identify subcultures within a target culture

Judge subjectivity; Verify evidence; Scan lyric poetry

Evaluate the use of figurative language; Infer hidden meanings

Make personal connections to lyric poetry; Scan epic poetry

Explain motive; Summarize events and details

Analyze syntax; Compare cultures; Interpret figures of speech and syntax

Draw conclusions; Support a point of view

Themes

Geography, Ethnography, Historiography

Leadership

Military Strategy

Pre-Roman Gallic Religion and Superstition; Civic Responsibilities

Human Sacrifice; Love

Failure in Love; Friendship

Friendship; Writing Poetry; Fate; Pietas

Leadership; Loyalty

War and Destruction

War and Destruction

Topics

1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd Declension nouns; noun-adjective agreement; 4 th declension nouns; case usage; all tenses and voices of the indicative

Irregular verbs volo and eo; possessive adjectives; relative pronouns; deponent verbs; gerundives; uses of mille and milia; the ablative with special verbs; prepositions

Demonstrative pronouns; comparison of adjectives; ablative absolute; present active participles; the dative with special verbs

Ablative of description; 5 th declension nouns; genitive of description; partitive genitive; purpose clauses; ablative of time when

Gerunds; uses of the infinitive; causal clauses; perfect passive participles; indirect statement; Interrogative pronouns

Uses of the subjunctive; ablative of comparison; dative of separation; indirect question; dative of agent

Ablative of time within which; epic hexameter

Indirect statement; ablative place where

Gerundives; Gerunds

Deponent verbs; “Middle” use of passive verb forms

Coached Projects

Roman Shield ( Higgins Armory Field Trip)

Paper

Trojan War Presentations

Paper

Seminars

Sallust War with Jugurtha 1-3

Tacitus Germania 7-8; OR Galgacus’ speech from Tacitus Agricola 30-32

Plutarch, Lives – “Marcellus” 14-19

Catullus Poem 63 Attis and The Cult of Cybele; OR Euripides’ Bacchantes, Dionysus’ prologue

Ovid Amores 1.11 and 1.12

Horace Odes 1.13

Sappho Love

(Tr. Willis Barnstone)

Agricola’s Speech from Tacitus Agricola 33-35

Helen’s speech from Euripides’ Helen

Hecuba’s speech from Euripides’ Trojan Women