Katharine Radice teaches Classics at the Stephen Perse Foundation, UK. She is a regular speaker at Classics conferences on the methodology of effective Latin teaching. She is an experienced examiner and has co-authored recent A Level editions of Ovid (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011), Cicero (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013), Tacitus (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016) and Nepos and Tacitus (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025). Angela Cheetham teaches Classics at the Stephen Perse Foundation, UK. Sonya Kirk teaches Classics at the Stephen Perse Foundation, UK. George Lord is an Independent Scholar, UK.
Preface
Introduction to the Romans
Chapter 1: The Olympian Gods
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Saturn eats his children; Vulcan punishes Venus; Minerva's birth; Mars
terrifies the humans
Additional Language
Chapter 2: Roman Heroes
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Aeneas travels from Troy to Italy; Horatius fights bravely at the bridge;
Cloelia swims to safety
Additional Language
Chapter 3: Roman Gods
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Aeneas, Vesta and the Penates; Romulus is turned into the god Quirinus;
An unlucky gateway; The sacred geese
Additional Language
Chapter 4: Favour and Punishment
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Evander meets the hero Hercules and together they build the Ara Maxima;
Cerberus, the guard dog for the Underworld; The Romans offer a huge
sacrifice to the gods; Augustus builds many temples
Additional Language
Chapter 5: Festivals, Games and Shows
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- The theft of the Sabine women; The Ludi Romani; Spartacus; Violence at a
gladiator show; Death of a charioteer
Additional Language
Chapter 6: Prophecy
Introduction and Sources to Study
Core Language including the following Latin stories
- Tarquin and the Sibylline Books; Jupiter tells the future glory of the
Roman race; A frightening prophecy; Marius and the sleeping chicks; Caesar
ignores two warnings from the gods
Additional Language
Bibliography
Grammar Reference
Glossary of Names
Vocabulary List (Latin to English and English to Latin)
