LATN 302 - Latin Seminar: Cicero’s Rome

Unit(s): 4

This course is designed for intermediate students of Latin who wish to develop fluency in translation and interpretation of Latin texts in their historical and cultural contexts. Through a close reading of Cicero’s Pro Caelio (and other selected readings), we explore the world of Rome in the late Republic and early Empire, focusing on issues of oratory, gender, and rhetorics of tradition and morality. This course, therefore, both introduces students to the most classic of Latin prose authors and engages with the intellectual and philosophical world of Rome. It cultivates an awareness of the challenges of translation from ancient to modern, as well as the ethical and cultural continuities between Rome and contemporary society.

College of Arts and Sciences