Major Topics and Concepts

SEGMENT 1

• Identify key people and dates of the Roman monarchy.
• Identify and apply 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Declension nouns in translation.
• Identify elements of the Trojan War story and the Aeneid and their importance to Rome\'s origin.
• Identify and apply 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Conjugation verbs in translation.
• Compare mythical and historical aspects of Rome\'s foundation.
• Translate verbs in the Present Passive System.
• Translate using the Ablatives of Agent and Means in a Passive sentence.
• Translate verbs using the Perfect Passive System.
• Identify key people and dates of the Roman Republic.
• Describe political and societal structure of the Roman Republic.
• Describe Roman education during the Republic.
• Identify dependent and independent clauses within a Latin sentence.
• Translate using demonstrative, relative, reflexive, and intensive pronouns.
• Identify members of a Roman family.
• Describe ancient Roman medical practices.
• Identify Roman virtues.
• Examine the role of the Vestal Virgins in Roman society.
• Compare and contrast Roman life in the country versus the city.
• Identify and apply 4th and 5th Declension nouns in translation.
• Translate using interrogative pronouns.
• Compose sentences using Latin question words.

SEGMENT 2

• Identify elements of Roman warfare and military.
• Identify key people and events of the Roman Civil Wars and rebellions against Rome.
• Describe the role of women as warriors in Rome.
• Understand the role of tall tales and historical heroes in Roman culture.
• Identify major life events and accomplishments of Julius Caesar.
• Translate using comparative adjectives and adverbs.
• Identify key people and events of the Gallic Wars.
• Translate using superlative adjectives and adverbs.
• Compare the First and Second Triumvirates.
• Translate using irregular adjectives and adverbs.
• Identify and apply idioms in translation.
• Identify Roman art and architectural influence across provinces.
• Describe the rise of Augustus and the role of Augustan propaganda in his success as emperor.
• Trace the linguistic expansion of Latin into Romance languages.
• Identify key people and events in the Roman Empire.
• Understand the diversity of the Roman Empire.
• Translate using participles.
• Describe Roman education during the Empire.
• Translate using infinitives.
• Identify and apply the Ablative Absolute in translation.
• Identify cognates and false cognates in Latin sentences.
• Identify famous Latin poets and the different types of poetry found in Roman literary tradition.
• Translate using indirect statements.
• Identify famous Latin orators and the oratory techniques they used.
• Describe the fall of Rome.
• Describe the influence of poetic patronage on Roman literature.