Latin

Assessment

Papers 1 and 2 - Language 50% You will develop your knowledge of Latin language and vocabulary to read and translate previously unprepared passages of prose and verse. The first examination consists of two translations, one prose and one verse. The verse passage will be taken from one of Ovid’s works and the prose from Livy’s. The second paper offers the opportunity to translate a short passage from English into Latin or to tackle comprehension. Paper 3 - Prose Literature 25% You will conduct an in-depth literary study on major works of Latin Prose in both Latin and English. You will study the speech Pro Caelio, in which Cicero defends a young man by making a sensational attack on his former lover, Clodia. You will also read sections from Tacitus’s Annals on Emperor Nero’s reign, culminating in his murder of his mother Agrippina. Literature is examined by translation, structured questions and short essays on the passages you have prepared. Paper 4 - Verse Literature 25% For your verse set texts, you will study sections of Juvenal’s sixth satire which presents a blistering attack on the behaviour of women in imperial Rome. You will also study Virgil’s Aeneid Book 2 - this foundational poem of the Roman state traces Aeneas’ journey from the war-torn city of Troy to Italy. Again, you will be examined by translation, structured questions and short essays on passages you have prepared.