Cambridge Latin Course ~ Book II

Book II focuses on life in two Roman provinces: first Roman Britain, then Roman Egypt. The Book is divided into 8 Stages (Stages 13 to 20), with assessment tests available at the end of Stages 16, 18 and 20.

The main language features of Book II include:

•     Genitive and vocative, singular and plural, of nouns of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd declensions
•     Pluperfect tense, all persons, of verbs of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th conjugations
•     Word order
•     Further pronouns
•     Adjectives of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd declensions
•     Irregular verbs (volo, nolo, possum)
•     Relative clauses
•     Present infinitive
•     Present participle
•     Present imperative
•     Longer sentences with postquam, simulac etc.

The main civilisation topics include:

•     Slavery and economy in Roman Britain
•     The Romans in Britain: the British tribes, Roman conquest and Romanisation, trade
•     The British king Cogidubnus
•     The palace at Fishbourne
•     Alexandria: the city, the Pharos, underwater discoveries
•     Egypt: craftmanship and peasant life
•     The worship of Isis
•     Medicine and science