Latin

Assessment

Unseen Translation [100 marks] [1h 45m][33%] Translation of a prose and a verse passage from Latin to English. Livy and Ovid will be the authors from which the passages will be taken Prose Composition or Comprehension [50 marks] [1h 15m][17%] Either answer questions on a prose passage in Latin, or translate approximately 100 words from English into Latin. These are based on any prose author Prose Literature [75 marks] [2 hours][25%] Two texts are studied with questions set on style and content; there is also an essay on one of the set texts and further reading in English. Cicero, Pro Caelio (a trial on a charge of political violence) and Tacitus, Annals XIV are the set texts. Verse Literature [75 marks] [2 hours][25%] This follows the same model as the Prose Literature. Virgil, Aeneid II and Ovid, Fasti are the set texts.