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Suburani Book 1 Overview

Chapter Language Culture History/Mythology – life in the city • 1st, 2nd and 3rd pers. sg., present tense Life in the city History: in AD 64 1: Subūrai • Reading Subura; Population of city of Rome; Women at work; Living in an • Nominative and accusative sg. Building Rome Mythology: Romulus and Remus • Declensions and growth of Rome; Public 2: Rōma • Gender buildings and spaces of Rome; Forum Romanum • Nominative and accusative pl. Entertainment History: Three phases of ruling 3: lūdī • 3rd pers. pl., present tense Public festivals; Chariot-racing; Charioteers • Neuter nouns Religion Mythology: Deucalion and Pyrrha 4: deī • 1st and 2nd pers. pl., present tense Christianity; State religion; Homes of the gods; Sacrifice; Private worship • Present infinitive Public health History: Rome under attack! 5: aqua • possum, volō and nōlō Baths; Public toilets; Water supply; Sanitation • Ablative case Slavery Mythology: Theseus and the Minotaur 6: servitium • Prepositions + acc./+ abl. How were people enslaved? Life of a • Time slave; Seeking freedom; Manumission – establishing a province • Imperfect tense History: Romans invading 7: Londīnium • Perfect tense (-v- stems) ; Made in Londinium; Food • Perfect tense (all stems) Britain Mythology: The Amazons 8: Britannia • Superlative adjectives Britannia; ; Resist or accept? The Druids • Dative case Rebellion – hard power History: Resistance 9: rebelliō • Verbs with dative Chain of command; Competing forces; Women and war; Why join the army? • 1st and 2nd decl. adjectives Aquae – soft power Mythology: The Gorgons 10: Aquae • 3rd decl. adjectives Aquae Sulis; Different gods; Curses; Sūlis Military life; People of

Gaul and Lusitania – life in a province • Genitive case The sea History: Pirates in the Mediterranean Sea • -ne and -que Romans and the sea; Underwater 11: mare ; Navigation and maps; Dangers at sea • Imperatives (inc. nōlī/nōlīte + Great fire of Rome Mythology: Prometheus infinitive) Fighting the fire; Vesta and Vulcan; 12: incendium • Vocative case Fuel and fire; After the fire; Finding a scapegoat; ; What caused the Great Fire of Rome? • Relative clauses Arelate – a provincial town Mythology: Pyramus and Thisbe 13: Arelātē • Relative pronouns How to build a Roman town; Theatre; Making bread • Future tense (1st and 2nd conj.) Mosaics History: Women • Comparative adjectives Creating mosaics; Mosaic pattern books. 14: artifex Mining at Las Medulas; Mining techniques • Ind. statement (pres. + pres. infin.) Country History: Civil war 15: vīlla • Ind. statement (perf. + pres. infin.) Country estates; Gardens; Dinner • Ind. statement: se vs. eum Parties; Menus • hic and ille Marriage Mythology: Arachne • is, ea, id Wool and weaving; Marriage; 16: nūptiaeii Husbands and wives; The ceremony

i Each chapter is designed to contain sufficient material for two to four weeks’ study, depending on teaching time available, the age of the students and the depth in which teachers wish to approach a particular topic. ii Suburani consists of two books, each containing 16 chapters. For NA users, Book 1 is designed for Latin 1 and Book 2 for Latin 2. For UK users, Books 1 and 2 together cover the language content of GCSE (Eduqas and OCR). Schools may wish to use Book 1 at KS3 and Book 2 at KS4. Once the two books of Suburani are complete, work will begin on content for further study.