Latin Letters Reading Roman Correspondence

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ISBN: 9781585101986 | 1585101982
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Copyright: 1/15/2006

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These engaging letters give students a slice of Roman life. The detailed notes, grammar explanations, and exercises make this text convenient for intermediate-level classes. Many favorite letters are here, from Cicero's birth announcement for his son to Claudia Severa's party invitation from Vindoland. Book jacket.

Preface	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Selections from Cicero's Letters	p. 9
Ad Atticum I.2	p. 11
Birth of Marcus, Catiline's defense, Cicero's campaign
Ad Atticum I.5	p. 13
Death of Lucius Cicero
Marital conflict between Atticus' sister and Cicero's brother
Various business dealings and problems
Ad Atticum I.13	p. 16
Sending letters
The Clodius affair
Pompey
Provinces
Editing the speeches
Ad Familiares VII.1	p. 20
The games
Ad Quintum Fratrem II.10	p. 24
Reading Lucretius
Ad Familiares XIV.2; 14; 21; 8; 15; 23	p. 25
Terentia: family dramas
Ad Familiares XVI.5	p. 31
Tiro's illness
Ad Familiares XII.4	p. 32
After the Ides are over
Selections for sight reading	p. 34
Selections from Seneca	p. 39
Epistulae Morales I.1	p. 40
Time is of the essence
Epistulae Morales I.31	p. 42
Strive for the good and avoid the Sirens' songs
Selections from Pliny's Letters	p. 47
Epistulae I.1	p. 48
Introduction to Pliny's Letters and Life
Epistulae I.3	p. 49
Life in the Country
Epistulae III.5	p. 51
Pliny the Elder's modus vivendi
Epistulae VI.20	p. 57
Pliny and his mother survive the eruption of Vesuvius
Epistulae I.9	p. 64
Escape from daily life in the city
Epistulae I.5	p. 67
The informer Regulus
Epistulae VII.19	p. 72
Illness of Fannia
Epistulae IV.13	p. 76
Pliny helps endow a school in his hometown
Epistulae VI.4 and VI.7	p. 79
Calpurnia recuperates in Campania
Epistulae VII.4	p. 82
Pliny's poetical history
Epistulae X.90 and X.91	p. 85
Water supply for Sinope and Trajan's reply
Epistulae X.120 and X.121	p. 87
Pliny's last letter and Trajan's reply
Selections for sight reading	p. 89
Selections from Various Other People's Mail	p. 93
Cornelia: Letter 1 (preserved in Cornelius Nepos)	p. 93
Advice to her son C. Gracchus
Vergil: To Augustus (in Macrobius Saturnalia 1.24.11)	p. 95
The Aeneid is not ready
Augustus: Letter to his grandson Gaius (preserved in Aulus Gellius)	p. 96
Three letters about Claudius (preserved in Suetonius)
Trajan Letters to Pliny: (preserved in Pliny book X)	p. 101
X.93: Clubs in Amisus
X.98: Trials of Christians
Claudia Severa: Vindolanda Letter	p. 103
Please come to my birthday party
Ausonius: Epistulae 22	p. 105
A poem for his grandson
Sidonius Apollinaris: Epistulae VII.18	p. 107
A summary of his letters
Appendices
Grammar Review	p. 109
Cases	p. 109
Notes on Pronouns: Relative, Interrogative, Indefinite	p. 124
Verbs: Constructions Using Verbs: Subjunctives, Conditions, Gerunds and Gerundives	p. 126
Deponents	p. 135
Compound Verbs using Prefixes	p. 137
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 141
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