Craige B. Champion
Associate Professor of History
306 Maxwell Hall
cbchamp@maxwell.syr.edu
(315) 443-1264
The course continues Latin study in the second year. We read Cicero's First Catilinarian oration and portions of Sallust's Bellum Catilinae. These works have a common theme: the tumultuous year 63 BCE, when a disgruntled and impoverished Roman aristocrat, L. Sergius Catilina, attempted to overthrow the Roman government. They are also well-suited for second-year Latin study in their level of difficulty, and Sallust and Cicero together form a remarkable contrast in Latin prose style. Read in conjunction, they give a fair idea of the richness of Latin literature.
Course Requirements
Regular attendance is necessary for successful completion of this course.
Attendance records are kept, and attendance and participation make up one
component in the calculation of the final grade. The primary focus of the
course is on the development of critical Latin reading skills. In-class
translations are as important as performance on formal written examinations
in the calculation of the final grade. There are two examinations,
a mid-term and a final, which are comprised of translation and syntax analysis.
Books to Buy
K. Frerichs, Cicero's First Catilinarian Oration (Wauconda,
1999) ISBN: 0-86516-341-3.
J.T. Ramsay, Sallust's Bellum Catilinae (Atlanta, 1984) ISBN:
0-89130-560-2.
J. Morwood, ed., Oxford Latin Mini-Dictionary (Oxford, 1997)
ISBN: 0-19-860139-5.
[Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin Grammar, 5th ed. (New
York, 1995) ISBN: 0-06-467179-8).]
Schedule and Assignments
One
Course Business.
Grammar Review. Review of Participles and the Ablative Absolute Construction.
Assignment: Wheelock, Unit 24, P&R 1-3, 8; SA
1-8.
Two
Selected sentences from Homework.
Review of Indirect Statement.
Assignment: Wheelock, Unit 25, P&R 1-2, 7, 10, 14; SA
6-9.
Three
Selected sentences from Homework.
Review of Purpose Clauses and Result Clauses.
Assignment: Wheelock, Unit 28, P&R 3-4, 8, SA 6, 10-11;
Unit 29, SA 3-6, 10; Unit 30, P&R 1-2; SA 1-2.
Four
Selected sentences from Homework.
Review of Sequence of Tenses and Indirect Question.
Assignment: Wheelock, Unit 33, P&R 3, 5-6; SA
5.
Five
Selected sentences from Homework.
Review of Conditional Sentences.
Assignment: Wheelock, Unit 38, P&R 4, 7-8,
SA
2-3, 6, 10, 12.
Six
Selected sentences from Homework.
Review of Gerund and Gerundive.
Assignment: Read Frerichs, "Historical Introduction," pp. viii-xv;
Livy
on Cicero.
Seven
Lecture: Lecture on the Catilinarian Conspiracy and
Its Sources.
Assignment: Begin reading Cicero's First Catilinarian.
Eight
Lecture: General
Outline of Roman History and an Introduction
to Cicero.
Assignment: Continue reading Cicero's First Catilinarian.
Nine
Cicero's
First
Catilinarian to line 39.
Assignment: Cicero's First Catilinarian to line 73.
Ten
Cicero's
First
Catilinarian to line 73.
Assignment: Cicero's First Catilinarian to line 118.
Eleven
Cicero's
First
Catilinarian to line 118.
Assignment: Cicero's First Catilinarian to line 160.
Twelve
Cicero's
First
Catilinarian to line 160.
Assignment: Cicero's First Catilinarian to line 200.
Thirteen
Cicero's
First
Catilinarian to line 200.
Assignment: Cicero's First Catilinarian to line 237.
Fourteen
Mid-Term Examination.
Fifteen
Cicero's
First
Catilinarian to line 237.
Assignment: Cicero's First Catilinarian to line 278.
Sixteen
Cicero's
First
Catilinarian to line 278.
Assignment: Cicero's First Catilinarian to line 317
(end).
Seventeen
Cicero's
First
Catilinarian to line 317 (end).
Assignment: Read Ramsay 1-14; Begin Reading Sallust's Bellum
Catilinae.
Eighteen
Lecture: Introduction to Sallust.
Assignment: Continue Reading Sallust's Bellum Catilinae.
Nineteen
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae I-II (pg. 27).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae III-IV (pg. 28).
Twenty
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae III-IV (pg. 28).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae V (pp. 28-9).
Twenty-One
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae V (pg. 28-9).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae VI (pg. 29).
Twenty-Two
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae VI (pg. 29).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae VII-VIII (pp.
29-30).
Twenty-Three
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae VII-VIII (pp. 29-30).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae IX-XVI (pp.
30-33).
Twenty-Four
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae IX-XVI (pp. 30-33).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae LI (pp. 46-48).
Twenty-Five
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae LI (pp. 46-48).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae LII (pp. 48-50).
Twenty-Six
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae LII (pp. 48-50).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae LIII-LVII (pp. 50-52).
Twenty-Seven
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae LIII-LVII (pp. 50-52).
Assignment: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae
LVIII-LXI (pp. 52-54;
end).
Twenty-Eight
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae
LVIII-LXI (pp. 52-54; end).