Description
The Cambridge Latin Course is set firmly in the cultural context of the Roman world toward the end of the first century AD. 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. All textbooks in the Course are full colour and offer a wealth of linguistic and cultural material.
Book IV is divided into 6 Stages (Stages 29 to 34). Attainment tests are provided in the Teacher's Guide for the end of Stages 31 and 34. At this level, student assessment is usually via public examination.
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 (inc. Stoicism and Mithraism)
- Entertainment: the theatre, chariot-racing and private entertainment
- Freedmen
Use the menu on the left to explore the the many publications available to support Book IV of the series.
