Iterum 5/12

Iterum 5/12

Warm-up

• ·         Stage 13 Vocab check

Prayer Before Class

• ·         Ave Maria

Nota Bene

• ·         If you want to retake the Apostle’s Creed quiz, make an appointment before or after school today or Thursday.

Stories

• We talked about the title page for Stage 14 (p. 27)
• “Apud Salvius”
• apud usually means ‘at the house of’
• We read the Model Sentences on pp. 28-29

Culture

• ·         We reviewed the culture questions from the kings packet.
• ·         We also briefly discussed the beginning of the Roman republic

o   Lucius Iunius Brutus was one of the leaders of the revolution (friend of the family of Lucretia, the noble woman whom Tarquinius’ son had assaulted)

§  He became one of the 1^st consuls in 509 BC

o   The republic replaced the king with 2 consuls (roughly equivalent to our president) of equal power who were elected annually

§  Prevent any one person from having too much power and becoming a tyrant (remember tyrant is essentially just the Greek word for king, one man with absolute power was distasteful to the ancient people who created democracy)

§  in times of crisis the 2 consuls were replaced with 1 dictator

·         1 man can make decisions faster than 2

·         meant to be a TEMPORARY position; 3-6 months

·         When Julius Caesar first became a Roman dictator it was a legitimate position during a legitimate crisis.

o   BUT he declared himself dictator for life – too much power!

Stories

• “Rufilla” p. 30
• Who is Rufilla? What do we know about her so far?
• Why do you think that this story is named after her?
• 2 Groups.
• Each group will translate either Rufilla’s or Salvius’ dialogue.
• Then, we will have a performance of the dialogue.

Homework

·         Portfolio Choices