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LATIN IA Magister Jasinski

Room: 202

Email: [email protected] Phone: 908-647-5555, ext1324 Conference Periods: Mo/Tue, 1:12-1:56pm and Tue/Thur, 2:00-2:44, and by appointment

Course Description

In this class you will be introduced to Roman culture and daily life through a series of stories about a Roman family living in Pompeii in the 1st Century A.D. You will learn about family life, housing, business, games and entertainment, food and dining. In the process, you will be introduced to fundamental Latin grammar, vocabulary, and usage, which will enable you to read and understand texts (stories) about the various topics. In addition to our study of the Latin language, we will also study Latin roots and derivatives that appear in English and modern languages, like Spanish, French, and German; we will study Roman history and culture and its considerable impact on our own Western civilization (e.g. history, art, politics, philosophy, etc.). This course, then, will offer not only an excellent foundation in the Latin language, but will also help you appreciate the value of studying Latin in our modern world. The class will meet three days a week and will cover the first nine chapters of the Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 1 textbook. Class Expectations

HONOR CODE: The Honor Code should appear on any piece of work that students are submitting for a grade. Please remember that your work must be your own. Students will be expected to learn the Honor Code in Latin by the end of the 1st quarter.

neque dedi neque accepi ullum auxilium sine auctoritate

Course Outline Sequence of Thematic Units/Cultural Background Grammar Focus: 1. Caecilius and his family  Pomepeii Word order in sentences  Caecilius and Mettala’s household with and without est  Houses in Pompeii

2. in villa  Pompeian daily life Nominative and  Clothing Accusative Singular  food

3. negotium  Pompeian town life 1st, 2nd, 3rd declensions  Business (nominative and accusative cases)

4. in foro  the forum at Pompeii 1st and 2nd persons  finance and the law courts singular, present, including sum and es

5. in theatro  the theater Nominative plural, 3rd  actors and performances person plural present  pantomime, comedy 6. Felix  Slaves and freedmen Imperfect and Perfect (v-stems) in 3rd person singular and plural

7. cena  Roman burial customs Perfect Tense (other  Beliefs about life after death than v-stem)

8. gladiatores  The amphitheatre Accusative plural;  Gladiatorial shows superlative adjectives

9. thermae Dative singular and  The Roman baths plural; ego, tū: nominative, dative and accusative