Course prescriptions for Latin Continuers

Students taking Latin Continuers explore the ideas, culture and stories of Ancient Rome via a range of prescribed texts. Find out more about these course prescriptions.

About course prescriptions

There are prescribed texts required for study in the Latin Continuers Stage 6 course. The HSC course prescriptions should be read in conjunction with the:

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Prescription for 2026

Prose

Text: Cicero, Pro Caelio.

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Keitel E and Crawford JW (ed) (2010) Cicero: Pro Caelio, Focus Publishing, North Sydney NSW 2060.

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Chapters:

  • 30–39 (Sunt autem … tanta fecerunt.)
  • 42–45 (Detur aliqui … possit sustinere)
  • 48–53 (Verum si … non dedisti.)
  • 61–65 (Sed tamen … aulaeum tollitur.)

for translation and comment.

  • Cicero’s approach to the case
  • Cicero’s use of character and drama
  • Cicero’s language, style and rhetorical technique

The whole of Pro Caelio is to be read in English translation.

Verse

Text: Virgil, Aeneid 6.

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Ganiban RT (ed) (2012) Vergil, Aeneid Books 1–6, Focus Publishing, North Sydney NSW 2060.

Prescribed linesFocus areas

Lines:

  • 268–316 (Ibant obscuri … arcet harena.)
  • 388–702 (quisquis es … simillima somno.)
  • 756–797 (Nunc age … ardentibus aptum.)

for translation and comment

  • Aeneas’s journey – physical, emotional, moral
  • Virgil’s creation of atmosphere and pathos
  • Virgil’s language, style and narrative technique

The whole of Aeneid 6 is to be read in English translation.

Prescription for 2027

Prose

Text: Cicero, Pro Caelio.

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Keitel E and Crawford JW (ed) (2010) Cicero: Pro Caelio, Focus Publishing, North Sydney NSW 2060.

Prescribed linesFocus areas

Chapters:

  • 30–39 (Sunt autem … tanta fecerunt.)
  • 42–45 (Detur aliqui … possit sustinere)
  • 48–53 (Verum si … non dedisti.)
  • 61–65 (Sed tamen … aulaeum tollitur.)

for translation and comment.

  • Cicero’s approach to the case
  • Cicero’s use of character and drama
  • Cicero’s language, style and rhetorical technique

The whole of Pro Caelio is to be read in English translation.

Verse

Text: Virgil, Aeneid 6.

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Ganiban RT (ed) (2012) Vergil, Aeneid Books 1–6, Focus Publishing, North Sydney NSW 2060.

Prescribed linesFocus areas

Lines:

  • 268–316 (Ibant obscuri … arcet harena.)
  • 388–702 (quisquis es … simillima somno.)
  • 756–797 (Nunc age … ardentibus aptum.)

for translation and comment.

  • Aeneas’s journey – physical, emotional, moral
  • Virgil’s creation of atmosphere and pathos
  • Virgil’s language, style and narrative technique

The whole of Aeneid 6 is to be read in English translation.

Prescription for 2028

Prose

Text: Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Donkin EH (ed) (1991) Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino, Bristol Classical Press, ISBN: 9780862921842

Prescribed words from the following sections for translation and commentFocus areas
  • Sections 1–8 (Credo ego uos, ... ornati auctique discedant?)
  • Sections 15–23 (Sex. Roscius, ... auctione uendebat.)
  • Sections 83–88 (Venio nunc ... potius an filius.)
  • Sections 150–154 (Verum si a Chrysogono, ... ex animis amittimus.)
  • Cicero’s language, style and rhetorical technique
  • Cicero’s method of defence
  • Cicero’s use of character and reputation

The whole of Pro Roscio Amerino is to be read in English translation.

Verse

Text: Virgil, Aeneid 6

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Ganiban RT (ed) (2013) Vergil, Aeneid books 1–6, Focus Publishing, Newburyport, MA, ISBN: 9781585102143

Prescribed lines for translation and commentFocus areas
  • Lines 268–316 (Ibant obscuri … arcet harena.)
  • Lines 388–702 (quisquis es … simillima somno.)
  • Lines 756–797 (Nunc age … ardentibus aptum.)
  • Aeneas’s journey – physical, emotional, moral
  • Virgil’s creation of atmosphere and pathos
  • Virgil’s language, style and narrative technique

The whole of Aeneid 6 is to be read in English translation.

Prescription for 2029

Prose

Text: Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Donkin EH (ed) (1991) Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino, Bristol Classical Press, ISBN: 9780862921842

Prescribed words from the following sections for translation and commentFocus areas
  • Sections 1–8 (Credo ego uos, ... ornati auctique discedant?)
  • Sections 15–23 (Sex. Roscius, ... auctione uendebat.)
  • Sections 83–88 (Venio nunc ... potius an filius.)
  • Sections 150–154 (Verum si a Chrysogono, ... ex animis amittimus.)
  • Cicero’s language, style and rhetorical technique
  • Cicero’s method of defence
  • Cicero’s use of character and reputation

The whole of Pro Roscio Amerino is to be read in English translation.

Verse

Text: Virgil, Aeneid 7

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Ganiban RT (ed) (2021) Vergil, Aeneid book 7, Focus Publishing, Newburyport, MA, ISBN: 9781585109944

Prescribed lines for translation and commentFocus areas
  • Lines 107–474 (Aeneas primique duces ... dextera factis.)
  • Destiny, religion and the role of the gods
  • Portrayal of character
  • Virgil’s language, style and narrative technique

The whole of Aeneid 7 is to be read in English translation.

Prescription for 2030

Prose

Text: Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Donkin EH (ed) (1991) Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino, Bristol Classical Press, ISBN: 9780862921842

Prescribed words from the following sections for translation and commentFocus areas
  • Sections 1–8 (Credo ego uos, ... ornati auctique discedant?)
  • Sections 15–23 (Sex. Roscius, ... auctione uendebat.)
  • Sections 83–88 (Venio nunc ... potius an filius.)
  • Sections 150–154 (Verum si a Chrysogono, ... ex animis amittimus.)
  • Cicero’s language, style and rhetorical technique
  • Cicero’s method of defence
  • Cicero’s use of character and reputation

The whole of Pro Roscio Amerino is to be read in English translation.

Verse

Text: Virgil, Aeneid 7

Prescribed text and recommended commentary: Ganiban RT (ed) (2021) Vergil, Aeneid book 7, Focus Publishing, Newburyport, MA, ISBN: 9781585109944

Prescribed lines for translation and commentFocus areas
  • Lines 107–474 (Aeneas primique duces ... dextera factis.)
  • Destiny, religion and the role of the gods
  • Portrayal of character
  • Virgil’s language, style and narrative technique

The whole of Aeneid 7 is to be read in English translation.

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