TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
LATIN 3013
DE BELLO GALLICO
MAGISTER D. B. LEVINE
SPRING, MMVII
Bronze foot in a sandal. Zappeion Shaft, Athens Metro Excavations. Roman or Late Hellenistic Period.
Week 1
Wednesday January 17
Welcome! Practice reading Latin prose.
Friday, January 19
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.1.1-4.
Week 2
Monday, January 22
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.1.5- 1.1.7
Read: Carolyn Hammond "Introduction" pages xi-xliii of Caesar The Gallic War (Oxford World's Classics).
N.B.: Each student will summarize one section orally for the class, and present an outline of the section.
Choices:
1. "Caesar's Career" Jeannie W.
2. "Caesar's Army" Ben W.
3. "Caesar's Targets" Brent H.
4. "Caesar's Writings" Alex S. and Teryl H.
5. "Caesar's Influence" D. Musimus Maximus.
Wednesday, January 24
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.2..1-5.
Read in English: The Gallic War, Book 1
Friday, January 26
Bradley's Arnold "Introduction" pages 1-22, including PARTS OF SPEECH (viii), ANALYSIS OF THE LATIN SENTENCE (Simple Sentence; Complex Sentence; Arrangement of Words, Arrangement of Clauses).
NB: Each student will summarize one section orally for the class. Choices:
1. Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns. Jeannie W.
2. Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections. Ben W.
3. Simple Sentence. Brent H.
4. Complex Sentence. Alex S.
5. Arrangement of Words. Teryl H.
6. Arrangement of Clauses. D. Musimus Maximus
Read in English: The Gallic War, Book 2
Week 3
Monday, January 29
Read in English: The Gallic War, Book 3
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.3.1-7.
Wednesday, January 31
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.4.-1.6
Read in English: The Gallic War, Book 4
Friday, February 02
Read in Bradley's Arnold Exercise I "Elementary Rules" (pages 23-27). This is an excellent review of Latin grammar. Do you need it? Everybody does! Complete Exercise 1, 1-11 (pages 27-28), to hand in.
Read in English: The Gallic War, Book 5
Week 4
Monday, February 05
Read in English: The Gallic War, Book 6
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.7 1.8
Wednesday, February 07
Read in English: The Gallic War, Book 7
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.9-1.10
Friday, February 09
Read in English: The Gallic War, Book 8
Read in Bradley's Arnold Exercise II "Meaning of Words and Phrases" pages 28-31. Complete Exercise 2 A, odd numbers (pages 31-32), to hand in.
Week 5
Monday, February 12
Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.11 1.13
Wednesday, February 14
Latin: De Bello Gallico 1.14- 1. 15
Friday, February 16
Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition Exercise III "Meaning and Use of Words Continued: Verbs. Read page 33-34, and complete Exercise 3A (p. 35) Odd numbers, to hand in.
Week 6
Monday, February 19
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico Customs of Gauls and Germans 6.11 6.12
Wednesday, February 21
Reports on Essay Topics (1) ALEX, BEN, BRENT
Friday, February 23
Reports on Essay Topics (2) JEANNIE, MUSIMUS, TERYL
Week 7
Monday, February 26
Essay on De Bello Gallico Due before 2:30 pm. Topics and Guidelines Here.. No class meeting.
Wednesday, February 28
Read in Latin: De Bello Gallico 6.13-6.16
Friday, March 02
Read in Latin De Bello Gallico 6. 17 6.20
Week 8
Monday, March 05
Midterm Examination.
Wednesday, March 07
Read in Latin De Bello Gallico 6.21- 6.23
Friday, March 09
Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition Exercise IV: Agreement of the Subject and Verb. Read pages 36-37; Complete Exercise 4-A, Odd numbers. To hand in.
Week 9
Monday, March 12
Read in Latin De Bello Gallico 6.24-6.26
Wednesday, March 14
Read in Latin De Bello Gallico 6.27-6.28
Friday, March 16
REVIEW (no class)
Spring Break (Nolite In Ludum Intrare)
Week 10
Monday, March 26
Vercingetorix: Read in Latin De Bello Gallico 7. 1-2.
Wednesday, March 28
Latin 7.3 4.
Friday, March 30
Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition: Read Exercise V: "Accusative with Infinitive (Oratio Obliqua)" pages 39-42. Complete Exercise 5 ; page 42, Odd numbers, to hand in.
Week 11
Monday, April 02
Latin 7. 5-6.
Wednesday, April 04
Friday, April 06
Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition Exercise VI Accusative with Infinitive Continued, pages 42-44. Complete Exercise 6-A, odd numbers, to hand in.
Week 12
Monday, April 09
Wednesday, April 11
Battle of Alesia: De Bello Gallico 7.68-7.70.
Friday, April 13
Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition Exercise X: The Relative. Read pages 59-62. Complete Exercise 10, odd numbers, to hand in.
Week 13
Monday, April 16
Reports: CAESAR IN GAUL IN ROME ALEX S. (The 'Other' and the Other 'Other') AND BRENT H. (Alien Nation) Click here to see chapters' content.
Wednesday, April 18
Reports: CAESAR IN GAUL IN ROME TERYL H. (Formal Questions )AND BEN W. (Empire and the "Just War") Click here to see chapters' content.
Friday, April 20
Reports: CAESAR IN GAUL IN ROME DECIMUS MUSIMUS MAXIMUS (New and Improved, Sort Of) Click here to see chapters' content.
Week 14
Monday, April 23 Battle of Alesia: De Bello Gallico 7.71-7.73.
Wednesday, April 25 Battle of Alesia: De Bello Gallico 7.74-7.76
Friday, April 27 Bradley's Arnold Exercise XXIV: How To Translate Can, Could, May, Might, Shall, Must, etc. read pages 121-124, and complete Exercise 24 (odd numbers)
Week 15
Monday, April 30 Battle of Alesia: De Bello Gallico 7.77
Wednesday May 02 Review
Friday, May 04. Dead Day. No Class. Study!
Week 16
Wednesday, May 09. 10:00 am-noon. FINAL EXAMINATION.