Latin

Course summary

Students begin by reading a variety of texts to introduce them to the breadth of Latin literature. We look at works by a range of authors, which may include texts written by Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Petronius or Propertius. There is also an extensive programme of language teaching to help students become confident readers of original texts. Students focus on five elements that make up the A level: • Unseen Translation (of nominated authors – Livy for prose and Ovid for verse) • Prose Composition (translating from English into Latin) • Prose Comprehension (of texts written by a range of authors) • Prose Literature (study of prose set texts, which will often be taken from Tacitus’ works) • Verse Literature (study of verse set texts, which will often be taken from Virgil’s Aeneid)