Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
- Translate the set text
- Recognise the main structural features of forensic oratory, and the main features of Cicero’s oratorical style
- Demonstrate understanding of Cicero’s arguments, and be able to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of Roman Republican politics, and the key issues faced by Roman aristocratic elites during this period
Indicative Module Content:
This module is language intensive, focused on Latin-to-English translation of unadapted passages of Cicero. The assigned text for 2023-24 is C.Macdonald’s Bristol Classical Press edition of Cicero's Pro Murena. Students should expect to read about 400 lines of Latin both in and out of class.