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Ancient Rome – Level 2

Note: We have not read all the books on this list. Most are either stocked by reliable catalogs or are by familiar authors.

Key text: * Famous Men of Rome by John Haaren

2x/weekly

Each chapter can be spread over two lessons, or can be read and narrated in a single lesson leaving the other free for further reading or working on a book of centuries.

Term 1

  1. Romulus
  2. Numa Pompilius
  3. The Horatii & The Curiatii
  4. The Tarquins
  5. Junius Brutus
  6. Horatius
  7. Mucius the Left-Handed
  8. Coriolanus
  9. The Fabii
  10. Cincinnatus
  11. Catch up
  12. Exams

Term 2

  1. Camillus
  2. Manlius Torquatus
  3. Appius Claudius Caecus
  4. Regulus
  5. Scipio Africanus
  6. Cato the Censor
  7. The Gracchi
  8. Marius
  9. Sulla
  10. Pompey the Great
  11. Catch up
  12. Optional Exams

Term 3

  1. Julius Caesar
  2. Cicero
  3. Augustus
  4. Nero
  5. Titus
  6. Trajan
  7. Marcus Aurelius
  8. Diocletian (optional, addition Memoria press version)
  9. Constantine the Great
  10. End of the Western Empire
  11. Catch up
  12. Optional Exams

Alternative Option * The Story of the Romans by Hélène Adeline Guerber

Optional Further Reading

NON-FICTION

Augustus Caesar’s World by Genevieve Foster

Lives of Famous Romans by Olivia Coolidge

Caesar’s Gallic Wars by Olivia Coolidge

City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David Macaulay

Science in Ancient Rome by Jacqueline L. Harris

Spend the Day in Ancient Rome: Projects and Activities that Bring the Past to Life by Linda Honan – includes plenty of information on Ancient Rome as well as activities for children who enjoy them.

MYTHOLOGY

The Orchard Book of Roman Myths

HISTORICAL FICTION

Word to Caesar by Geoffrey Trease – teenager travels from Britain to Rome to meet the Emperor

City of the Golden House by Madeleine Polland

Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld

Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld

The Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence – mystery set in 79AD (also other books in the same series including The Secrets of Vesuvius, The Assassins of Rome, and The Thieves of Ostia.

A Triumph for Flavius by Caroline Dale Snedeker – the text is better than the illustrations

The Time Travelling Cat and the Roman Eagle by Julia Jarman

The Man Who Never Died: The Life and Adventures of St. Peter, the First Pope by Rev. Gerald T. Brennan

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