Year 1: Greece and Rome

Finding myself useless for this age, I throw myself back upon that other, and am so bewitched by it that the state of that ancient Rome, free, just, and flourishing (for I love neither her birth nor her old age), interests me passionately.

—Montaigne, Essays

Spring 2019: Rome (Jan 7-May 2)

Week 1 (Jan 7-Jan 11): Virgil (Poetry)

The Aeneid by Vergil (Author), Sarah Ruden (Translator) (pp. 1-295) (295 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XVI

Week 2 (Jan 14-Jan 18): Livy (History)

The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five (Oxford World’s Classics) (Bks. 1-5) by Livy and T. J. Luce (pp. 1-342) (342 pp.)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XVI

Week 3 (Jan 21-Jan 25): Livy (History)

The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five (Oxford World’s Classics) (Bks. 1-5) by Livy and T. J. Luce (pp. 1-342) (342 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XVII

Week 4 (Jan 28-Feb 1): Livy (History)

Rome’s Italian Wars: Books 6-10 (Oxford World’s Classics) by J. C. Yardley and Dexter Hoyos (pp. 3-288) (285 pp.)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XVII

Week 5 (Feb 4-Feb 8): Plutarch (History)

Plutarch’s Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch (Author), Arthur Hugh Clough (Editor), John Dryden (Translator),

Romulus (Vol. 1, pp. 25-49) (24 pp.)

Numa (Vol. 1, pp. 81-101) (20 pp.)

Coriolanus (Vol. 1, pp. 291-321) (30 pp.)

Poplicola (Vol. 1, pp. 129-143) (14 pp.)

Camillus (Vol. 1, pp. 170-200) (30 pp.)

Fabius Maximus (Vol. 1, pp. 235-256) (21 pp.)

P. Aemilius (Vol. 1, pp. 356-383) (27 pp.)

Marcellus (Vol. 1, pp. 408-431) (23 pp.)

M. Cato (Vol. 1, pp. 457-479) (22 pp.)

Flaminius (Vol. 1, pp. 499-517) (18 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XVIII

Week 6 (Feb 11-Feb 15): Polybius (History)

The Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) by Polybius (Author), Robin Waterfield (Author), Brian McGing (Author) (pp. 3-447) (444 pp.)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XVIII

Week 7 (Feb 18-Feb 22): Polybius (History)

The Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) by Polybius (Author), Robin Waterfield (Author), Brian McGing (Author) (pp. 3-447) (444 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XIX

Week 8 (Feb 25-Mar 1): Sallust and Plutarch (History)

Sallust, The Jugurthine War, Histories in Catiline’s Conspiracy, The Jugurthine War, Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) by Sallust (Author), William W. Batstone (Author) (pp. 52-153) (101 pp. of prose)

Plutarch, “Caius Marius” in Plutarch’s Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch (Author), Arthur Hugh Clough (Editor), John Dryden (Translator), (pp. 549-584) (35 pp. of prose)

Plutarch, “Sulla” in Plutarch’s Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch (Author), Arthur Hugh Clough (Editor), John Dryden (Translator), (607-638) (31 pp. of prose)

Plutarch, “Sertorius” in Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) (pp. 1-22) (22 pp. of prose)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XIX

Week 9 (Mar 4-Mar 8): Sallust and Plutarch (History)

Sallust, The Catiline Conspiracy in Catiline’s Conspiracy, The Jugurthine War, Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) by Sallust (Author), William W. Batstone (Author) (pp. 3-47) (44 pp. of prose)

Plutarch’s Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch (Author), Arthur Hugh Clough (Editor), John Dryden (Translator),

Plutarch, “Crassus” in Plutarch’s Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch (Author), Arthur Hugh Clough (Editor), John Dryden (Translator), (pp. 724-751) (27 pp. of prose)

Plutarch, “Cato the Younger” in Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) (pp. 270-317) (47 pp. of prose)

Plutarch, “Cicero” in Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) (pp. 408-441) (33 pp. of prose)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XX

Week 10 (Mar 11-Mar 15): Caesar (History)

The Gallic War: Seven Commentaries on The Gallic War with an Eighth Commentary by Aulus Hirtius (Oxford World’s Classics) (pp. 1-245) (245 pp. of prose)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XX

Week 11 (Mar 18-Mar 23): Spring Break

Spring Break

Week 12 (Mar 25-Mar 29): Caesar (History)

The Civil War (Oxford World’s Classics) by Julius Caesar (Author), J. M. Carter (Translator) (pp. 1-270) ( 270 pp. of prose)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXI

Week 13 (Apr 1-Apr 5): Plutarch (History)

Plutarch, “Pompey” in Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) (pp. 70-135) (65 pp. of prose)

Plutarch, “Marcus Brutus” in Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) (pp. 572-609) (37 pp. of prose)

Plutarch, “Antony” in Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) (pp. 481-534) 53 pp. of prose)

Plutarch, “Caesar” in Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) (pp. 199-244) (45 pp. of prose)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XXI

Week 14 (Apr 8-Apr 12): Cicero (Rhetoric)

How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), James M. May (Translator) (pp. 1-288) (144 pp.)

How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero (Author), Philip Freeman (Translator) (pp. 1-128) (64 pp.)

How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), Philip Freeman (Translator) (pp. 1-152) (76 pp.)

Week 15 (Apr 15-Apr 19): Cicero (Morality)

How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), Philip Freeman (Translator, Introduction) (pp.1-208) (104 pp.)

How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), Philip Freeman (Translator, Introduction) (pp. 1-216) (108 pp.)

Week 16 (Apr 22-Apr 26): Lucretius (Morality)

On the Nature of the Universe (Oxford World’s Classics) by Lucretius (Author), Ronald Melville (Translator), Don Fowler (Introduction), Peta Fowler (Introduction) (pp. 1-217) (217 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXII

Week 17 (Apr 29-May 3): Final Exams

Final Exams

Semester 2: The Roman Empire

Week 1 (Aug 19-23): Ovid (Poetry)

Metamorphoses (Oxford World’s Classics) by Ovid (Author), A. D. Melville (Translator), E. J. Kenney (Introduction) (pp. 1-381) (381 pp.)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XXII

Week 2 (Aug 26-30): Ovid (Poetry)

Metamorphoses (Oxford World’s Classics) by Ovid (Author), A. D. Melville (Translator), E. J. Kenney (Introduction) (pp. 1-381) (381 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXIII

Week 3 (Sep 2-6): Seneca (Morality)

How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Seneca (Author), James S. Romm (Translator, Introduction) (pp. 1-240) (120 pp.)

How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Seneca (Author), James S. Romm (Editor, Introduction) (pp. 1-256) (128 pp.)

Week 4 (Sep 9-13): Josephus (History)

The Jewish War (Oxford World’s Classics) by Josephus (Author), Martin Goodman (Editor), Martin Hammond (Translator) (pp. 1-375) (375 pp.)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XXIII

Week 5 (Sep 16-20): Josephus (History)

The Jewish War (Oxford World’s Classics) by Josephus (Author), Martin Goodman (Editor), Martin Hammond (Translator) (pp. 1-375) (375 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXIV

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XXIX

Week 6 (Sep 23-27): Epictetus (Morality)

How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Epictetus (Author), Anthony Long (Translator, Introduction) (pp. 1-232) (116 pp.)

Week 7 (Sep 30-Oct 4): Tacitus (History)

The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero (Oxford World’s Classics) 1st Edition by Cornelius Tacitus (Author), Anthony A. Barrett (Author), J. C. Yardley (Translator) (pp. 1-394) (394 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXIV

Week 8 (Oct 7-11): Tacitus (History)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XXIV

Week 9 (Oct 14-18): Tacitus (History)

The Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) by Tacitus (Author), W. H. Fyfe (Author), D. S. Levene (Editor) (pp. 1-250) (250 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXV

Week 10 (Oct 21-25): Suetonius (History)

Lives of the Caesars (Oxford World’s Classics) by Suetonius (Author), Catharine Edwards (Translator) (pp. 1-295) (295 pp.)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XXV

Week 11 (Oct 28-Nov 1): Marcus Aurelius (Morality)

Meditations: with selected correspondence (Oxford World’s Classics) by Marcus Aurelius (Author), Robin Hard (Author), Christopher Gill (Author) (pp. 1-122) (122 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXVI

Week 12 (Nov 4-8): Plotinus (Morality)

The Essential Plotinus (Hackett Classics) by Plotinus (Author), Elmer O’Brien S.J. (Translator) (pp. 33-175/215) (142/182 pp.)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XXVI

Week 13 (Nov 11-15): Eusebius (History)

The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine by Eusebius Pamphilus (Author), Aeterna Press (Producer) (pp. 1-270) (270 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXVII

Week 14 (Nov 18-22): Eusebius (History)

An Ecclesiastical History to the 20th Year of the Reign of Constantine Paperback – January 16, 2015 (pp. 1-384) (384 pp.)

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina) (Pt. 1, No. 1) Cap XXVII

Week 15 (Nov 25-29): Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Week 16 (Dec 2-6): Eusebius (History)

An Ecclesiastical History to the 20th Year of the Reign of Constantine (Illustrated)by Eusebius and Aeterna Press (pp. 1-384) (384 pp.)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana Cap. XXVIII

Week 17 (Dec 9-13): Final Exams

Final Exams

Year 2: The Middle Ages

Semester 1: The Early Middle Ages

“Our use of phrase ‘The Dark Ages’ to cover the period from 699 to 1,000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe. . . . From India to Spain, the brilliant civilization of Islam flourished. What was lost to Christendom at this time was not lost to civilization, but quite the contrary. . . . To us it seems that West-European civilization is civilization, but this is a narrow view.”

—Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy

Year 2: The Middle Ages

Semester 2: The High and Late Middle Ages

Year 3: The Renaissance

Semester 1: The Proto- and Early Renaissance

A revolution was necessary to bring men back to common sense, and it finally came from a quarter where one would least expect it. It was the stupid Muslim, the eternal blight on learning, who brought about its rebirth among us. The collapse of the throne of Constantine carried into Italy the debris of ancient Greece.

― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Arts and Science

Year 3: The Renaissance

Semester 2: The High and Late Renaissance

Year 4: The Enlightenment and the American Founding

Semester 1: The Enlightenment

Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s own mind without another’s guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) “Have the courage to use your own understanding,” is therefore the motto of the enlightenment.

—Immanuel Kant, “What Is Enlightenment?”

Year 4: The Enlightenment and the American Founding

Semester 2: The American Founding

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

—Thomas Jefferson