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Literature and Culture (for examination in 2023 and 2024) 14 Sessions | 11 Study Questions
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1. Overview: Components of Latin GCSE Literature and Culture Assessment Resources
2. The Romans in Britain – 1. Roman army (1) Typical Roman fort Make-up of Roman army Military changes over time Marius’ army reforms The Roman invasion of Britain Layout of a typical Roman fort
3. (11) The barrack block at Chesters, Northumberland Roman Britain: occupation and governance
4. (111) Vegetius, extracts from Epitoma rei militaris 1. 9-11 (with omissions) (iv) RIB 544, Chester (V) RIB 121, Gloucester Roman military training Roman military funerary inscriptions
5. Roman roads: Map of Roman Britain Roman road building Roman roads in Britain
6. Roman Villas: Lockleys Villa (11) Winged-corridor villa (111) North Leigh Villa Roman houses (villas, insulae) Vitruvius
7. Bath (Aquae Sulis): Solinus, The Wonders of the World (11) The Great Baths (111) Inscription Burn 82, Bath Roman towns in Britain The town of Aquae Sulis Sulis Minerva Roman votive offeringscvvv
8. Extended literature: (1)Tacitus Agricola 12-16 (11) Columella, 1.6.1–11: extracts from On Agriculture; The villa
9. Entertainment
10. The Amphitheatre in Pompeii, the Colosseum, types of Gladiators
11. The Roman Theatre: Scenery and props, actors, plays.
12. The Circus Maximus and Chariot Racing. The structure, charioteers and races
13. Dinner parties: The triclinium, Entertainment at dinner
14. How to do the examination. The examination. Marking the examination
Literature and Culture (for examination in 2025 and 2026) – Myths and Beliefs 11 Sessions | 10 Study Questions
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1. Overview: Myths and Beliefs General resources Advice when looking at literary and material sources
2. Roman Gods (1) Livy, Ad Urbe Condita 22.10.9 (11) Jupiter and Mercury visit an old couple, Baucis and Philemon. Ovid Metamorphoses 8 626–631
3. (111) Gilt bronze head of Minerva Roman sculpture Integration of other gods into Roman pantheon Roman baths
4. State Religion Temple of Jupiter, Pompeii
5. (11) The Emperor Marcus Aurelius makes a sacrifice Animal sacrifice and its role in state and private religion
6. Beliefs in the afterlife Tombs, Pompeii (11)Ovid Fasti 2.533-570 (111) CIL 6. 35887, Rome Mausoleums of Augustus and Hadrian Funeral arrangements Ancestors ( mos maiorum) Festivals of the Dead (Parentalia; Lemuria) Reading funeral inscriptions
7. Aeneas, Romulus and Remus Ovid Metamorphoses 13.623-28 Stories about the foundation of Rome Aeneas in Homer The connections to Aeneas of Julius Caesar and Augustus Virgil’s Aeneid and Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
8. (11) Aeneas escapes from Troy (as depicted by Bernini, the early 1600s AD) Visual representations of Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius: Roman coins The Forum of Augustus Pietas
9. (111) A she-wolf looks after Romulus and Remus The Life of Romulus Festivals and rituals connected with Romulus
10. (IV) Extracts from Virgil, Aeneid, 6.268f
11. (v) Extracts from Livy, History of Rome, 1.4–6
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