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Overview

This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to study the language and literature of ancient Rome, including Virgil, Ovid and Horace, elements of the culture, language and social and political life of the Roman civilisation.

Particular areas of study include:

• Latin texts in their original language.
• Literature set texts, including Virgil, Ovid, Pliny, Tacitus and Horace.
• The Roman Army, Social Life, the City of Rome, Women, the Empire, Roman Britain and Roman Religion may be studied as background topics.

The course allows students to progress either directly to employment, or to study for an Advanced Level qualification.

Specification aims

The aims of this specification are to encourage students to:

• Acquire an understanding of some of the elements of classical civilisation, literature and language which have had a profound influence on modern societies.
• Fire the imagination and to deepen and develop experience by considering a wide range of issues, such as aesthetic, ethical, linguistic, political, religious and social questions.
• Develop a competence in the Latin language.
• Develop a sensitive and analytical approach to language generally, including an awareness of the relationship between Latin and the languages of today.
• Develop a reading competence focused upon a selection of Latin literautre.
• Read and respond to literature in Latin and to understand the cultural context within which the literature was produced.
• Make an informed response, based on evidence, to material studied.