Oxford Latin CourseFour 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. |
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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 |
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 |
Quintus Maecēnāti commendātur | 60 |
Travel | 68 |
Patrons and clients | 75 |
Latin English vocabulary | 209 |
English Latin vocabulary | 221 |
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active adjectives adverb Antony army Augustus battle Brutus Caesar called carmina Chapter clauses Cleopatra command conjugation cūr diē diū dixit domum eius empire ending erat esse esset Exercise expressing farm fear Flaccus friends future gerund give haec imperfect indirect infinitive inquit introduced Italy iter Latin look Maecēnās magister meaning mihi nisi nouns Octavian once parentēs participle passive pater perfect person plural poem poets praetorium present quae quam questions quid Quintus quod rogāvit Romam Roman Rome semper sentences singular soldiers soon stems subjunctive sunt tamen tandem tibi Translate verbs Virgil wish write