{"id":187,"date":"2009-01-01T23:49:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T04:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2024-09-05T16:38:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:38:45","slug":"ancient-rome-level-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/ancient-history-levels-1-and-2-2\/ancient-rome-level-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Rome \u2013 Level 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: We have not read all the books on this list. Most are either stocked by reliable catalogs or are by familiar authors. <\/em><\/p>\n

Key text: * Famous Men of Rome<\/strong><\/a> by John Haaren<\/h5>\n

2x\/weekly<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Term 1<\/p>\n

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

    Term 2<\/p>\n

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

      Term 3<\/p>\n

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

        Alternative Option * The Story of the Romans by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Adeline Guerber<\/p>\n

        Optional Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

        NON-FICTION<\/p>\n

        Augustus Caesar’s World<\/strong><\/a> by Genevieve Foster<\/p>\n

        Lives of Famous Romans<\/strong><\/a> by Olivia Coolidge<\/p>\n

        Caesar’s Gallic Wars<\/strong><\/a> by Olivia Coolidge<\/p>\n

        City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction <\/strong><\/a>by David Macaulay<\/p>\n

        Science in Ancient Rome<\/strong><\/a> by Jacqueline L. Harris<\/p>\n

        Spend the Day in Ancient Rome: Projects and Activities that Bring the Past to Life<\/b><\/a> by Linda Honan – includes plenty of information on Ancient Rome as well as activities for children who enjoy them.<\/span><\/p>\n

        MYTHOLOGY<\/p>\n

        The Orchard Book of Roman Myths<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

        HISTORICAL FICTION<\/p>\n

        Word to Caesar<\/b><\/a> by Geoffrey Trease – teenager travels from Britain to Rome to meet the Emperor<\/span><\/p>\n

        City of the Golden House<\/b><\/a> by Madeleine Polland<\/span><\/p>\n

        Detectives in Togas<\/strong><\/a> by Henry Winterfeld<\/p>\n

        Mystery of the Roman Ransom<\/strong><\/a> by Henry Winterfeld<\/p>\n

        The Pirates of Pompeii<\/strong><\/a> by Caroline Lawrence – mystery set in 79AD (also other books in the same series including The Secrets of Vesuvius<\/strong><\/a>, The Assassins of Rome<\/a>,<\/strong> and The Thieves of Ostia<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

        A Triumph for Flavius<\/strong><\/a> by Caroline Dale Snedeker – the text is better than the illustrations<\/span><\/p>\n

        The Time Travelling Cat and the Roman Eagle<\/strong> <\/a>by Julia Jarman<\/p>\n

        The Man Who Never Died: The Life and Adventures of St. Peter, the First Pope<\/b><\/a> by Rev. Gerald T. Brennan<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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