AP Latin: Vergil & Caesar
2012-2013
Materials Needed:
The texts will be provided for you. If you would like to annotate the translations as you read,
please purchase your own copy of the Fitzgerald translation.
Aeneid. Vergil. trans. Robert Fitzgerald. Vintage Classics, 1983.
A Song of War: Readings from Vergil’s Aeneid, Richard LaFleur, Alexander G.
McKay. Prentice Hall, 2004.
De Bello Gallico, Julius Caesar
De Bello Gallico translation
Three-ring binder with dividers
600 sheets of college rule paper (at least)
Summer Assignment: Must be completed by Wednesday, August 15
Part I:
1. Complete the grammar, vocabulary, notes up to line 209 of Book I of the Aeneid.
Part II:
1. Read Books I, II, IV of Vergil’s Aeneid.
2. As you read, complete a summary of the sequence of events and characters in each book.
You will need this reference later for discussion, analysis papers, and tests that cover specific
chapters, so be sure to write the most important facts.
While completing your summer assignments, feel free to contact me via phone/text or email if you have
any questions. My cell number is 859-779-3110 and my email is bari.clements@madison.kyschools.us.
I will also be available to meet with students if anyone would like to go over the summer assignments.
Syllabus:
The following literature will be covered in this course, in both Latin and English.
Vergil, Aeneid in Latin:
Book I: 1-209; 418-440; 474-578
Book II: 40-56; 201-249; 268-297; 559-620
Book IV: 160-218; 259-361; 659-705
Book VI: 295-332; 384-425; 450-476; 847-899
Vergil, Aeneid, English: Books I, II, IV, VI, VIII, XII
Caesar, Gallic War in Latin:
Book I – Chapters 1-7
Book IV – Chapters 24-35 & first sentence of Chapter 36
Book V – Chapters 24-48
Book VI – Chapters 13-20
Caesar, Gallic War in English:
Books I,VI, &VII
Grading:
We will follow the school grading system of 90% assignments/assessments and 10% final exam. The
assignments/assessments portion of the grade will consist of vocabulary and translation quizzes, weekly
lines assigned, book summaries, tests, and projects.
Assessments will follow the format of the AP test, but on a smaller scale. Each assessment will contain
multiple choice questions pertaining to the grammar, rhetoric, meter, and translation of a variety of
prepared and sight passages; short essay questions about the language/rhetoric/style of a passage or a
comparison of passages; and translation of prepare passages.
Tentative Schedule, Fall semester 2012
August 15
20-24
27-31
Sept 3-7
10-14
17-21
24-28
Oct
1-2
8-12
15-19
22-26
29-2
Nov 5-9
12-16
19-20
26-30
Dec 3-7
10-14
17-19
Summer Assignment due
Book I.418-440
Book I.474-519
Book I.520-543
Book I.544-578
Book II.40-56; 201-215
Book II.216-249
Test I
Book II.268-297
Book II.559-593
Book II.594-620
Book IV.160-195
Book IV.196-218; 259-271
Book IV.272-313
Book IV.314-336
Book IV.337-361; 659-679
Book IV.680-705; Book VI.295-312
Book VI.312-332; 384-404
Book VI.405-416; final exam
This schedule will also include weekly vocabulary quizzes, an analysis paper, periodic translation
quizzes after we have completed each set of lines in class, and summaries due for Books VI, VIII, XII.