Oxford Latin Course

M. G. Balme, James Morwood

Oxford University Press, 1997 - Latin language - 224 pages

Four volume Latin Language series. Each volume features a clear presentation of grammar, narrative passages, background sections, emphasis on daily life and on the role of women, a variety of exercises, and review chapters and tests. Each chapter opens with a set of cartoons with Latin captions that illustrate new grammar points. A Latin reading follows, with new vocabulary highlighted in the margins and follow-up exercises that focus on reading comprehension and grammatical analysis. A background essay in English concludes each chapter. Covering a variety of topics--from history to food, from slavery to travel, these engaging essays present a well-rounded picture of Augustan Rome.

Contents

• Chapter: 6
• Quintus militat: 12
• Scintilla dēspērat: 19
• Brutus and Cassius: 27
• Octavian returns to Italy: 33
• The confiscations: 39
• Latin: 46
• Pompēius ad patriam revenit: 54
• Quintus Maecēnāti commendātur: 60
• Travel: 68
• Patrons and clients: 75
• Houses: 81
• Divorce: 87
• Caesar Augustus: 94
• Vixi puellīs: 102
• Pāx et princeps: 112
• The town mouse and the country mouse: 120
• Romes imperial mission: 183
• Uses of the indicative and subjunctive: 189
• Latin English vocabulary: 209
• English Latin vocabulary: 221

About the author

Maurice Balme is retired from the Harrow School. James Morwood, formerly Head of Classics at Harrow School in England, is now a Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford and Grocyn Lecturer for the Literae Humaniores Faculty.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Oxford Latin Course; Part 3 of Oxford Latin Course Series, James Morwood
• Authors: M. G. Balme, James Morwood
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0199122288, 9780199122288
• Length: 224 pages