Cambridge Latin Course ~ Book IV

Book IV focuses on imperial Rome, looking at key features of the city itself and various aspects of Roman life, including social structure, architecture, religious beliefs and entertainment. Book IV is divided into 6 Stages (Stages 29 to 34). Attainment tests are provided in the Teacher's Guide at the end of Stages 31 and 34.

The main language features of Book IV include:

•     Passive verbs
•     Relative with subjunctive
•     Perfect and pluperfect passive tenses
•     Ablative absolute
•     Deponent verbs
•     Further use of the gerundive
•     Future participles
•     Future and future perfect tenses
•     Future passive tense
•     Present passive infinitive

The main civilisation topics include:

•     The Roman forum
•     The Jews and the Romans
•     Roman building techniques
•     The city of Rome
•     Patronage
•     Roman society: senators, equites and plebs
•     Astrology, philosophy and other beliefs (including Stoicism and Mithraism)
•     Entertainment: the theatre, chariot-racing and private entertainment
•     Freedmen