LATN

LATN 11200 Accelerated Introduction to Classical Latin II

This course begins with the completion of the basic text begun in LATN 11100 and concludes with readings from Cicero, Caesar, or other prose texts in Latin.

2024-25 Winter

LATN 10300 Introduction to Classical Latin III

For centuries people have learned this language to go deeper into the thoughts and worlds of Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In this course sequence, you too can begin to learn this language. LATN 103 continues the study of basic Latin. Course work involves reading Latin, writing individual sentences and coherent stories, formal study of grammar and vocabulary, and other linguistic skills as necessary. Throughout the course, students will encounter authentic Latin text. Students who complete this course will be able to track ideas across at least a paragraph of text and will be ready to move into the intermediate sequence (LATN 20100, 20200, 20300). This course is appropriate for students who have completed LATN 102 or equivalent work.

LATN 10200

2024-25 Spring

LATN 10200 Introduction to Classical Latin II

For centuries people have learned this language to go deeper into the thoughts and worlds of Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In this course sequence, you too can begin to learn this language. LATN 102 continues the study of basic Latin. Course work involves reading Latin, writing individual sentences and coherent stories, formal study of grammar and vocabulary, and other linguistic skills as necessary. Throughout the course, students will encounter authentic Latin texts. Students who complete this course will be able to understand complex sentences and combine them into larger units of meaning. This course is appropriate for students who have completed LATN 101 or equivalent work.

LATN 10100

2024-25 Winter

LATN 10100 Introduction to Classical Latin I

For centuries people have learned this language to go deeper into the thoughts and worlds of Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In this course sequence, you too can begin to learn this language. LATN 101 introduces the study of Latin. Course work involves reading Latin, writing individual sentences and coherent stories, formal study of grammar and vocabulary, and other linguistic skills as necessary. Throughout the course, students will encounter authentic Latin texts. Students who complete this course will be able to understand simple sentences and combine them into larger units of meaning. This course is appropriate for students who have never studied Latin before.

2024-25 Autumn

LATN 26624 Martial’s Epigrams

(LATN 36624)

Martial’s epigrams can be funny, obscene, groveling, literary, outrageous, illuminating, and more.  In this course we’ll read a selection from the many volumes he wrote, starting with the fascinating Liber de Spectaculis describing apparent snuff plays. We will be using the epigrams as a window into different aspects of first century imperial Roman culture, including doctors, criminal justice, mythology, misogyny, city life, intertextuality, sexuality, obscenity, politics, and more.  Please be aware that he can be very vulgar.

2024-25 Autumn

LATN 22324 Tacitus, Histories, Book 1

(LATN 32324)

Tacitus made his debut as a historian with the Histories, a grim but vivid account of Roman imperial rule from Galba to Domitian.  The focus of the course is book 1, which describes the succession of coups and revolts that made 69 AD the “Year of the Four Emperors”.  It provides a rare opportunity to see how Tacitus structures his narrative in comparison with parallel sources, and to appreciate the bold effects which make his style uniquely Tacitean.”

2024-25 Winter

LATN 34400 Latin Prose Composition

This course is a practical introduction to the styles of classical Latin prose. After a brief and systematic review of Latin syntax, we combine regular exercises in composition with readings from a variety of prose stylists. Our goal is to increase the students' awareness of the classical artists' skill and also their own command of Latin idiom and sentence structure.

2024-25 Winter

LATN 32800 Survey of Latin Literature II

We shall read extended selections from poetry writers of recognized importance to the Latin tradition. Our sampling of texts will emphasize writers of the Late Republic and Early Principate.

2024-25 Autumn

LATN 32700 Survey of Latin Prose Literature

Substantial selections will be read from Cato, Caesar, Cicero, Sallust, Livy, Seneca, Pliny, and Tacitus with an eye toward how the collapse of the Roman Republic affected literary expression.

2024-25 Spring

LATN 31900 Roman Comedy

(LATN 21900)

Plautus' Pseudolus is read in Latin, along with secondary readings that explain the social context and the theatrical conventions of Roman comedy. Class meetings are devoted less to translation than to study of the language, plot construction, and stage techniques at work in the Pseudolus.

2024-25 Spring
Subscribe to LATN