Latin 2 > History

Communication

Reading for Understanding

• Read various passages about the last 100 years of the Roman Republic which may discuss the Gracchi brothers, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, the first triumvirate, etc.

Using Oral and Written Language for Understanding

• Respond to questions about Roman history, such as historical figures, dates, and events.
• Compose sentences in Latin relating to passages read about Roman history which demonstrate appropriate grammatical structures related to the Latin 2 Program of Studies, such as locative case, ablative of comparison, ablative absolute, etc.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Demonstrate an understanding of the political and social climate of the first century, B.C.
• Understand the role of individual personalities upon the decline of the Republic, e.g. Sulla, Marius, Pompey, Casssus, Caesar, Antony, etc.
• Identify the ways the Roman army transformed from a citizen-farmer militia to an organized state-sponsored army loyal to its individual leader.
• Recognize the significance of each of the offices of the cursus honorum.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Recognize the differences between various forms of government.
• Relate the social struggles of the Roman Republic to current struggles in the world today.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare historical figures in American history with key figures from the Roman Republic.
• Compare the organization of the military in the United States to the organization of the Roman military.
• Compare the power structure of certain positions in the U.S. government to be cursus honorum.

Communication Across Communities

• Share knowledge of Roman history with others in the school community through activities such as mock elections and political debates.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Abbreviations, expressions and mottoes, such as veni vidi vici; alea iacta est; and et tu, Brute
  Republican terms, such as triumvirate, tribune, cursus honorum, proconsul, pontifex, maximus, optimates and populares
• Names of battles, such as Cannae, Zama, Pharsalus, Phillippi, Actium, etc.

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