Katharine Radice is an experienced author, teacher and education consultant. She currently teaches part-time in a mixed ability comprehensive school, combining this with a teaching and pastoral role at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Her education consultancy work focuses on approaches to teaching and dispositions for learning. She is a leading author of Classics textbooks - including the innovative de Romanis Latin course. Her latest book - Exam stress: A positive and practical guide for teachers - offers realistic and practical advice on how to support students through the stress of exams. She is co-author of OCR Anthology for Latin AS and A Level Shorter Prose Authors (Bloomsbury, 2025).
Preface
Introduction to the Romans
Chapter 1: The Olympian Gods
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Saturn eats his children; Vulcan punishes Venus; Minerva's birth; Mars
terrifies the humans
Additional Language
Chapter 2: Roman Heroes
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Aeneas travels from Troy to Italy; Horatius fights bravely at the bridge;
Cloelia swims to safety
Additional Language
Chapter 3: Roman Gods
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Aeneas, Vesta and the Penates; Romulus is turned into the god Quirinus;
An unlucky gateway; The sacred geese
Additional Language
Chapter 4: Favour and Punishment
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Evander meets the hero Hercules and together they build the Ara Maxima;
Cerberus, the guard dog for the Underworld; The Romans offer a huge
sacrifice to the gods; Augustus builds many temples
Additional Language
Chapter 5: Festivals, Games and Shows
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- The theft of the Sabine women; The Ludi Romani; Spartacus; Violence at a
gladiator show; Death of a charioteer
Additional Language
Chapter 6: Prophecy
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Tarquin and the Sibylline Books; Jupiter tells the future glory of the
Roman race; A frightening prophecy; Marius and the sleeping chicks; Caesar
ignores two warnings from the gods
Additional Language
Bibliography
Grammar Reference
Glossary of Names
Vocabulary List (Latin to English and English to Latin)
