Finis Rei Publicae Eyewitnesses to the End of the Roman Republic

by Knapp, Robert; Vaughn, Pamela

• ISBN13: 9781585100798
• ISBN10: 158510079X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: HACKETT PUB CO

Summary

For intermediate Latin courses, this text combines a close reading of selections of late Republican prose with a thorough grammar review. The readings provide a connected historical narrative. The readings are genuine Latin, and exercises throughout use t

Author Biography

Robert Knapp is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley having earned his Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught Latin historical authors and epigraphy; research interests included Roman social history, Roman Spain, and Greek and Roman numismatics. Pamela Vaughn is Professor of Classics at San Francisco State University. She received her Ph.D. in Classics from the University of California, Berkeley. Among her research interests are Republican literature, Greek and Roman historiography, Roman religion, and ancient warfare.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	x
Introduction	x
Organization of the Text	xii
Macrons	xii
Abbreviations Used	xii
Ancilla to Reading Latin Prose	xiii
Strategies for Writing Latin	xvi
Strategies for Reading Latin	xviii
SECTION ONE
Velleius Paterculus: Roman History (Historia Romana) 2.49	1	(2)
Chart: Parts of Speech	3	(1)
SECTION TWO
Aulus Hirtius: The War in Gaul (De bello Gallico) 8.50 (1,2)	4	(1)
Chart: Ablative Absolute	5	(1)
SECTION THREE
Aulus Hirtius: The War in Gaul (De bello Gallico) 8.50 (3,4)	6	(1)
Chart: Indirect Statement	7	(1)
Chart: Sequence of Tenses	8	(2)
SECTION FOUR
Aulus Hirtius: The War in Gaul (De bello Gallico) 8.51 (1,2,3)	10	(1)
SECTION FIVE
Aulus Hirtius: The War in Gaul (De bello Gallico) 8.52 (1,2,3)	11	(2)
Chart: Result and Purpose with ut and Relative Pronouns	13	(1)
Chart: Correlative Conjunctions	13	(1)
SECTION SIX
Aulus Hirtius: The War in Gaul (De bello Gallico) 8.52 (4,5)	14	(2)
Chart: The Public Organization of the Roman Community	16	(1)
Chart: Review of Gerundive and Gerund	17	(1)
SECTION SEVEN
Aulus Hirtius: The War in Gaul (De bello Gallico) 8.53 (1,2)	18	(1)
SECTION EIGHT
Aulus Hirtius: The War in Gaul (De bello Gallico) 8.54 (1,2,3)	19	(1)
Chart: Irregular Adjectives	20	(1)
Chart: The Ordinal Numbers	21	(1)
SECTION NINE
Aulus Hirtius: The War in Gaul (De bello Gallico) 8.54 (4,5), 8.55 (1,2)	21	(1)
Chart: Cum Clauses	22	(2)
SECTION TEN
Cicero: Letters to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 7.4 (1,2)	24	(2)
Chart: Infinitives	26	(1)
SECTION ELEVEN
Cicero: Letters to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 7.4 (3,4)	27	(2)
Chart: Uses of Ut	29	(1)
SECTION TWELVE
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.1 (1-3)	30	(1)
Chart: Conditional Sentences	31	(1)
SECTION THIRTEEN
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.1 (4), 1.2 (1-3)	32	(2)
Chart: Uses of Quod	34	(1)
Chart: Clauses of Fear	34	(1)
SECTION FOURTEEN
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.2 (4-8)	35	(1)
SECTION FIFTEEN
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.3 (1-7)	36	(2)
SECTION SIXTEEN
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.4 (1-5)	38	(2)
SECTION SEVENTEEN
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.5 (1-5)	40	(2)
Chart: Impersonal Verbs	42	(1)
SECTION EIGHTEEN
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.6 (1-6)	43	(1)
Cicero: Letter to Tiro (Epistulae ad familiares) 16.11 (1)	44	(1)
SECTION NINETEEN
Cicero: Letter to Tiro (Epistulae ad familiares) 16.11 (2,3)	45	(1)
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.6 (7-8)	46	(1)
Chart: Uses of the Genitive Case	47	(1)
SECTION TWENTY
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.7 (1-7), 1.8 (1)	48	(2)
Plutarch: Caesar crosses the Rubicon (English translation)	50	(1)
Chart: Uses of the Ablative Case	51	(1)
SECTION TWENTY-ONE
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.8 (2-4), 1.9 (1)	52	(2)
Chart: Uses of the Dative Case	54	(1)
SECTION TWENTY-TWO
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.9 (2-6)	55	(2)
Chart: Comparison of Adjectives	57	(1)
Chart: Comparison of Adverbs	58	(1)
SECTION TWENTY-THREE
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.10, 1.11, 1.12	59	(3)
Chart: Uses of the Accusative Case	62	(1)
SECTION TWENTY-FOUR
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.13, 1.14	63	(2)
Chart: Pronouns	65	(3)
SECTION TWENTY-FIVE
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.14, 1.15 (1-3)	68	(2)
SECTION TWENTY-SIX
Cicero: Letters to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 7.11	70	(1)
Chart: Independent Uses of the Subjunctive	71	(1)
SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.15 (4 - 7)	72	(1)
Cicero: Letters to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 8.11A	73	(1)
Chart: Indirect Question	74	(1)
SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
Cicero: Letters to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 8.12B	75	(1)
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.16	76	(1)
Chart: Uses of the Subjunctive in Dependent Clauses	77	(2)
SECTION TWENTY-NINE
Cicero: Letters to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 8.12C	79	(1)
SECTION THIRTY
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.16, 1.17, 1.18	80	(3)
SECTION THIRTY-ONE
Cicero: Letters to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 8.12D	83	(1)
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.19, 1.20	84	(2)
SECTION THIRTY-TWO
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.21, 1.22, 1.23 (1,2)	86	(2)
SECTION THIRTY-THREE
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.23, 1.24, 1.25	88	(2)
Caesar: Further events in Brundisium (English translation)	90	(2)
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.29, 1.30	92	(1)
Caesar: Events in Sardinia, Sicily and Africa (English translation)	92	(2)
SECTION THIRTY-FOUR
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 1.32, 1.33	94	(3)
SECTION THIRTY-FIVE
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.82	97	(2)
SECTION THIRTY-SIX
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.83	99	(1)
Cicero: Letters to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 11.6 (2)	100	(1)
Cicero: Letter to his friend Marius (Epistulae ad familiares) 7.3 (2)	101	(1)
Cicero: Letter to Cn. Plancius (Epistulae ad familiares) 4.14 (2)	102	(1)
SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.86	103	(1)
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.90, 3.91	104	(2)
SECTION THIRTY-EIGHT
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.94, 3.95	106	(2)
SECTION THIRTY-NINE
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.96	108	(2)
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.99, 3.102 (1,2)	110	(2)
SECTION FORTY
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.102 (3-6), 3.103 (1)	112	(2)
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.103 (2-5), 3.104 (1,2)	114	(1)
Caesar: The Civil War (De bello civili) 3.104 (3), 3.106	115	(2)
Cicero: Letter to Atticus (Epistulae ad Atticum) 11.6 (5)	117	(1)
Plutarch: The Death of Pompey (English translation)	118
APPENDICES
Some Useful Terminology	120	(1)
Cursus Honorum	121	(1)
The Roman Name	122	(1)
Glossary of Persons	123	(13)
Timeline: Important Events, Birth of Pompey to Death of Caesar	136	(1)
Timeline: Major Events in Roman History	137	(1)
Index 1: Grammatical Material	138	(2)
Index 2: Vocabulary	140	(9)
Map of the Late Republican Roman World	149