Tran - 1 Nōmen: _______________________________ Dies: _______________________________ 2016-2017 AP Latin Summer Assignment REQUIRED MATERIALS: Please bring in the following items the FIRST day of class: Hans-Friedrich Mueller. Caesar: Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico two new/unused composition notebooks two new binders (at least 1½ inches) Please join the Google Classrooms Page ASAP (Code: b23kpk) If you have any questions, please contact me via Google Classrooms or email ([email protected])! Otherwise, have a wonderful summer vacation and see you in August, discipulī optimī! ****************************************************************************************** PARS PRIMA: INTRODUCTION/HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Read the introduction found on pages xv-xxv of your Caesar textbook and answer the questions below – you will have to research some answers online in order to answer them completely (or perhaps at all). You must answer each question completely, but do NOT answer in complete sentences! 1. Give the full Roman name of the author of De Bello Gallico. When and where was he born? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Identify Gaius Marius & Lucius Cornelius Sulla and the political atmosphere created by these men. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What office did Caesar hold in 59 BC? Who else held this position along with Caesar? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe the events surrounding the Bona Dea Scandal of 62 BC. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Name AND describe the three men who were part of the amicitia known as the “First Triumvirate.” Why was this alliance an amicitia? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Tran - 2 6. Describe two specific events that led to the collapse of the First Triumvirate and its implications for Caesar. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What did Caesar say and do in 49 BC which serves to illustrate his resolve and determination? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. At what battle in what country did Caesar decisively defeat the forces of Pompey in 48 BC? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Describe briefly the circumstances behind the actual death of Pompey. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Whom did Caesar defeat at the Battles of Thapsus and Munda, bringing the civil war to an end? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. In general, how did Caesar treat his defeated enemies (among whom was Decimus Iunius Brutus)? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What office/title did Caesar take up in February of 44 BC, adding to concerns about his growing power? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Describe the circumstances surrounding Caesar’s death (who, what, where, when, why, what followed). __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Whom had Caesar appointed as his sole heir? Give the name and his relationship with Caesar. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Briefly elaborate on the tenuous alliance known as the “Second Triumvirate” by identifying and describing its members, the purpose of its establishment on November 27, 43 BC, and its various accomplishments (please include the Battles of Philippi and Battle of Actium – include names and dates, etc.) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Name AND describe the writings attributed to Caesar (length, content, authorship (Aulus Hirtius), etc.). __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Tran - 3 PARS SECUNDA: DE BELLO GALLICO Read the assigned notes for Caesar’s DBG (see Google Classrooms) and briefly identify the following terms: LIBER PRIMUS Helvetii: ______________________________________________________________________________ Orgetorix: ______________________________________________________________________________ Ariovistus: ______________________________________________________________________________ LIBER QUARTUS Commius Atrebas: _______________________________________________________________________ LIBER QUINTUS Samarobriva: ________________________________________________________________________ Tasgetius: ______________________________________________________________________________ Q. Titurius Sabinus: ______________________________________________________________________ L. Aurunculeius Cotta: ____________________________________________________________________ Ambiorix: ______________________________________________________________________________ Catuvolcus: ____________________________________________________________________________ Nervii: ________________________________________________________________________________ Q. Tullius Cicero: ________________________________________________________________________ Titus Labienus: __________________________________________________________________________ LIBER SEXTUS Druids: ________________________________________________________________________________ Knights: _______________________________________________________________________________ LIBER SEPTIMUS Vercingetorix: __________________________________________________________________________ Alesia: ________________________________________________________________________________ LIBER OCTAVUS Aulus Hirtius: ___________________________________________________________________________ Tran - 4 PARS TERTIA: VOCABULARY (Please define in the space provided) adventus, -us (m) audeo, audere, ausus sum aedificium, -i (n) aperio, aperire, aperui, apertum casus, -us (m) appello (1) causa, -ae (f) cedo, cedere, cessi, cessum hiems, hiemis (f) (cog)nosco, -ere, -novi, -notum iniuria, -ae (f) cogo, cogere, coegi, coactum latus, lateris (n) conor, conari, conatus sum legatus, -i (m) constituo, constituere, constitui, constitutum oppidum, -i (n) fio, fieri, factus sum mora, morae (f) incendo, incendere, incendi, incensum mos, moris (m) incolo, incolere, incolui, incultum proelium, -i (n) licet profectio, profectionis (f) (ACC) + oportet ratio, rationis (f) patior, pati, passus sum strepitus, -us (m) permoveo, permovere, permovi, permotum studium, -i (n) pertineo, pertinere, pertinui tergum, -i (n) praesto, praestare, praestiti, praestitum vis, vis (f) – plural vires, virium (f) reficio, reficere, refeci, refectum aliquis, alicuius (neuter: aliquid) tego, tegere, texi, tectum hic, haec, hoc tollo, tollere, sustuli, sublatum idem, eadem, idem causam dicere ille, illa, illud certiorem facere ipse, ipsa, ipsum iter facere altus, -a, -um mille passuum angustus, -a, -um huc cotidianus, -a, -um nondum notus, -a, -um & ignotus, -a, -um ob/propter (+ACC) latus, -a, -um praeter (+ACC) nonnullus, -a, -um si/nisi qualis, quale & talis, -e undique quantus, -a, -um & tantus, -a, -um vix N.B. You will have a quiz on these words on the first day of class! .