Book II ~ Course content
The Cambridge Latin Course is set firmly in the cultural context of the Roman world in the first century AD. Book II focuses on life in two Roman provinces: first Roman Britain, then Roman Egypt.
The main language features of Book II include:
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Genitive and vocative, singular and plural, of nouns of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd declensions |
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Pluperfect tense, all persons, of verbs of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th conjugations |
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Word order |
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Further pronouns |
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Adjectives of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd declensions |
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Irregular verbs (volo, nolo, possum) |
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Relative clauses |
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Present infinitive |
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Present participle |
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Present imperative |
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Longer sentences with postquam, simulac etc. |
The main civilisation topics include:
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Slavery and economy in Roman Britain |
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The Romans in Britain: the British tribes, Roman conquest and Romanisation, trade |
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The British king Cogidubnus |
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The palace at Fishbourne |
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Alexandria: the city, the Pharos, underwater discoveries |
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Egypt: craftmanship and peasant life |
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The worship of Isis |
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Medicine and science |
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