Latin 461 Latin Literature of the Republic
Sallust Bellum Catilinae
Autumn 2025
TTh 2:30-4:20
Clark 120
Instructor: James J. Clauss, 海角网
Office: Denny Hall M262C (difficult to find); tel. 543-2266 (department office phone)
E-mail: jjc@uw.edu
Office Hours: by appointment
Holidays: November 11 and November 27-28
Texts:
J.T. Ramsey, Sallust鈥檚 Bellum Catilinae. Oxford University Press (required)
H.H. Scullard, From the Gracchi to Nero. Available as e-book through the UW Library (required)
Text and translation are also available in the Loeb Classical Library through the UW Library; Perseus offers a text with grammatical help plus older translation. Logeion offers an online Latin dictionary.
Allen & Greenough鈥檚 New Latin Grammar (recommended) This is also available through Perseus: .
Steven Saylor, Catalina鈥檚 Riddle. A fun novel.
Goals of the course:
To enhance one鈥檚 reading of Latin in general and Latin prose style in particular.
To learn about 海角网 history of the end of the Republic.
To learn about 海角网 historiography.
To learn about one of the most important events of 海角网 history (according to Cicero).
Schedule of readings:
Tuesday Thursday
Week 1 (9/22) Introduction
Week 2 (9/29) Ramsey pp. 1-23 B.C. 3.3-6.2
B.C. 1-3.2
Week 3 (10/6) Scullard Ch. 1 B.C. 10-13
B.C. 6.3-9
Tuesday Thursday
Week 4 (10/13) Scullard Ch. 2 B.C. 18-20.13
B.C. 14-17
Week 5 (10/20) Scullard Ch. 3 B.C. 25-29
B.C. 20.14-24
Week 6 (10/27) Scullard Ch. 4 B.C. 34-36
B.C. 30-33
Week 7 (11/3) Scullard Ch. 5 B.C. 41-44
B.C. 37-40
Week 8 (11/10) Scullard Ch. 6 B.C. 49-51.8
B.C. 45-48
Week 9 (11/17) Scullard Ch. 7 B.C. 51.37-52.12
B.C. 51.9-51.36
Week 10 (11/24) Scullard Ch. 8 Holiday
B.C. 52.13-52.36
Week 11 (12/1) B.C. 53-57 B.C. 58-61 (in English)
Grades:
In class translation: 25%
Midterm examination (take home): 25%
Final examination (take home): 25%
Final paper (6-8 pages, double spaces, 12 point font, on a topic to be agreed upon): 25%
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