SP: Overview

Image: an illustration of Selene, listening discretely to a conversation.Overview: Caedes Foedissima - pars III

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet.
A work that is begun well is already half done.
Quintus Horatius (Horace) Flaccus - Epistles, Book 1, Ep. 2

Suggestiones Primae - the first clues. A few days after Pseudolus met with Selene in his study, Pseudolus met with a few other slaves to gather information, hoping to learn enough to begin focusing on a possible culprit. Certain members of the imperial household had been whispering; Pseudolus was not alone in his belief that Marcellus was murdered. Forced to move carefully as the initial rumors spreading around involved certain very powerful men, Pseudolus meets with slave informants to gather information. Would someone provide a name that stands out among all the rest?

Handouts: Study Guide and Reading Help 

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For Latin II, there will be a story told in parts, with each module telling a part of the story by presenting Latin reading passages. To successfully complete the reading for each module, please download the Reading Help Links to an external site. handout now and use it while completing the story lessons.

Essential Questions

  1. What are third declension adjectives?
  2. How do you decline a third declension adjective?
  3. How do adjectives modify nouns?
  4. What was the Cursus Honorum?
  5. Who participated in the Cursus Honorum?

Key Terms

  1. Adjective - a modifier used with nouns and pronouns
  2. Adverb - a modifier most commonly used with verbs, adjectives or other adverbs
  3. Adjective base - the root of an adjective onto which inflections are added
  4. Inflection - an ending
  5. Declension - Adjectives use the terms declension to describe what noun endings are used for a particular adjective.  There are two sets of adjective-noun endings, the 1st and 2nd declension set and the 3rd declension set.
  6. Cursus Honorum - the course of offices in ancient Rome.  This was the political ladder - the higher a Roman citizen went, the more power he had.
  7. Consul - The highest position on the Cursus Honorum.  Two per year were elected.  Similar duties as a modern position of President.
  8. Praetor - A position on the Cursus Honorum.  A praetor’s duties focused on law, and praetors served as judges in the Roman court system.
  9. Aedile - A position on the Cursus Honorum.  An aedile’s duties focused on setting up games and entertainments for the Roman populace.
  10. Quaestor - A position on the Cursus Honorum.  A quaestor’s duties focused on low level financial matters, like setting up the military dole.
  11. Imperium - Power.  As a Roman citizen moved up the Cursus Honorum, his imperium increased with each higher position.  The ultimate imperium was control over life and death.
  12. Lictor - Guards who protected officials who held office on the Cursus Honorum.
  13. Fasces - a bundle of sticks with an axe in the middle.  A symbol of imperium.
  14. Toga Praetexta - white toga with a broad purple stripe on border.  Worn by officials in the Cursus Honorum

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