Introduction to component 2 with picture sources
Rituals at Roman wedding. Various forms of Roman marriage. Attitudes to Roman women with translated extracts from Plutarch and Catullus. Analysis and appreciation of picture sources. Knowledge test on what is to be expected and the fundamentals of love and marriage in the Roman world.
Epitaph to Claudia
- Interpretation of Latin phrases and their significance in praising Claudia.
- Discussion on the role of women, motherhood, and societal expectations.
- Comparison of epitaph with modern gender representations and family values.
Quizlet on the epitaph with quote practice. Ongoing but reshuffled vocabulary tests from Eduqas spec to retrieve and revisit Module 1
Pliny’s Letters 6.24. Faithful unto Death
- How a wife’s fidelity was highly valued, as demonstrated by the woman’s actions in the letter.
- Appreciation of a woman’s courage and loyalty, highlighting the positive qualities assigned to married women in Roman society.
- Analysis of the moral from the events, that remarkable deeds by ordinary people often go unnoticed unless involving well-known individuals.
- Discuss and challenge the Roman perspective on loyalty, courage, and the portrayal of the wife’s actions in the text.
Mock exam, past paper adapted for purpose.
Pliny’s Letters 4.19. To Calpurnia Hispulla
- How Pliny praises Hispulla for her dutiful care of her niece, Calpurnia, after the death of her father.
- How he highlights Calpurnia’s virtues and worthiness, intellect and fidelity.
- How he highlights harmony in marriage
Quizlet with flashcards on quotes. Ongoing but reshuffled vocabulary tests from Eduqas spec to retrieve and revisit Module 1. Translation from memory.
Martial’s Epigrams 1.62. The Power of Love
- Themes of how love can cause pain, pleasure, frustration.
- Appreciation of satire.
- Examining the complex and contradictory nature of love.
- How Martial’s work reflects broader social and personal dynamics of the time.
- How human nature is still the same today.
Quizlet on the epigram for background quotes and literary devices. Ongoing but reshuffled vocabulary tests from Eduqas spec to retrieve and revisit Module 1. Translation from memory.
Catullus. Poem
- Fleeting nature of life (ethos of Carpe Diem)
- Defiance of social norms.
- Intensity of love
- Catullus’ mastery in capturing the aforementioned using various literary devices.
Quizlet on the poem for background, quotes and use of alliteration, for example. Ongoing but reshuffled vocabulary tests from Eduqas spec to retrieve and revisit Module 1. Translation from memory.
Seneca. Changing Morals (De Beneficiis 3.16)
- Giving and receiving benefits.
- Stoicism, gratitude and humility.
- Rhetorical devices.
Quizlet on De Beneficiis for background, thematics and quotes. Translation from memory.
Catullus. Poem 8. Horace – Finished with Love (Odes 3.26)
- Love, loss, self-respect and resilience.
- Impermanence and internal conflict.
- Literary devices: repetition, metaphor and simile, juxtaposition, irony, pathos, imagery, personification, symbolism, tone.
- Abandonment. Victory and defeat.
Past paper practice, focus on Component 2.
Ovid. Advice to a rejected Lover. (Ars Amatoria 1.469-478). Cicero. A Family Matter. (Ad Atticum 5.1) Catullus. Poem 70
- Practical strategies to get over a lost love.
- Stoicism and reason.
- Complex sentences with subordinate clauses. Rhetoric.
- Turbulent political landscapes providing background
- Family dynamics
- Double meanings and irony.
Past Paper practice.
Martial. Epigrams 12.46. Catullus. Poem 85
- Analysis of Martial’s wit and satirical devices (distichon / antithesis / irony / parallelism.
- Martial’s conveying of social commentary.
- Elegiac couplets. Paradox
- Pain, desire, passion. The universal struggle within romantic relationships.
GCSE Examination.