Katharine Radice teaches Classics at the Stephen Perse Foundation, UK. She is a regular speaker at Classics conferences on the methodology of effective Latin teaching. She is an experienced examiner and has co-authored recent A Level editions of Ovid (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011), Cicero (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013) and Tacitus (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016).
Chapter 7: The History of Rome - Kings and the Republic
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
-Rome elects its second king; Horatius kills his sister; The rape of
Lucretia; Cincinnatus is chosen as dictator; What to do about Hannibal?
Additional Language
Chapter 8: Oratory and Cicero
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Cato the Elder; Cicero and Catiline; Cicero and his daughter; Cicero's
death; Pliny prefers to study than to go and see a volcano
Additional Language
Chapter 9: The Army and Julius Caesar
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Marius reforms the Roman army; Lucullus is denied a triumph; Caesar
launches an invasion of Britain; Caesar conquers Vercingetorix and all of
Gaul; Civil War in Rome
Additional Language
Chapter 10: Egypt and Cleopatra
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Herodotus travels to Egypt; Alexandria; Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt;
Cleopatra and Julius Caesar; Cleopatra meets Mark Antony
Additional Language
Chapter 11: Augustus and Image
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Octavian becomes Julius Caesar's heir; Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus;
Actium; Augustus as princeps; Augustus and the poets
Additional Language
Chapter 12: Roman Britain and Boudicca
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- The emperor Claudius invades Britain; Boudicca leads a rebellion;
Boudicca is defeated; Calgacus rouses the Scots; Hadrian's Wall
Additional Language
Bibliography
Grammar Reference
Glossary of Names
Vocabulary List (Latin to English and English to Latin)
