Susan C. Forrester
sforrester@pingry.org
908-647-5555 ext. 1632

LATIN 1
(#B19734) Major year course. 3 credits. Forms I-VI. Students learn vocabulary, grammar, and syntax through reading and translating stories about a Roman family in the city of Pompeii in 79 B.C., the year of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The family goes on to live in Alexandria, Egypt, and Roman Britain. Through these Latin readings and background information in English, students progress through gradually more difficult Latin grammar and syntax. At the same time, they encounter basic information about the social, political, and historical background of the Roman Empire. Rome, struggles for power, and contrasts between rich and poor are some of the cultural topics covered.