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A Handbook for Latin Clubs

Chapter 16: CAESAR
By Susan Paxson
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The handbook provides practical guidance and ready-made programs for secondary-school Latin clubs, combining organizational advice, topic-based meeting outlines, and resource suggestions for small schools. It offers extended programs on Roman life and culture—Pompeii, ancient Rome, the forum and house, slavery, children, education, professions, religion, literature, holidays, and monuments—supplemented by poems, translations, songs, and readings for performance. It advises collecting visual aids and library materials, supplies bibliographies and notes, and intentionally presents programs longer than a single session so teachers can select appropriate portions. The overall aim is to vivify Latin instruction through extracurricular club activity.

The Topography of the Forum.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 82.
A Day in Ancient Rome. Edgar S. Shumway. Pp. 21, 43.
The Remains of Ancient Rome. J. H. Middleton. Vol. i, p. 231.
Ancient History. Hutton Webster. P. 636.
The Roman Capitol.
Eugene Lawrence. Harper's Magazine. Vol. xliv, p. 570.
The Rostra.
Rome of To-day and Yesterday. John Dennie. Pp. 65, 117.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. i, P. 356.
The Mamertine Prison.
Rome of To-day and Yesterday. John Dennie. P. 35.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 75.
A Day in Ancient Rome. Edgar S. Shumway. P. 22.
Dickens' Description of the Mamertine Prison.
A Day in Ancient Rome. Edgar S. Shumway. P. 21.
Recent Excavations in the Forum as Seen by a Traveler.
Roma Beata. Maud Howe. P. 254.
The Roman Forum as Cicero Saw it.
Walter Dennison. The Classical Journal. Vol. iii, p. 318.
Cicero's House near the Forum.
Walks in Rome. Augustus J. C. Hare. P. 249.
A Roman Street Scene.
Gallus. W. A. Becker. P. 43.
Poem.—The Pillar of Trajan.
Complete Poetical Works. William Wordsworth. P. 652.
Nero's Golden House.
Rome of To-day and Yesterday. John Dennie. P. 192.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. i, p. 342.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 369.
The Golden House of Nero. J. G. Winter. Classical Weekly. Vol. vii, p. 163.
The Lapis Niger.
Roma Beata. Maud Howe. Pp. 163, 260.
Pompey's Theater.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. i, P. 374.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 190.
The Roman Forum as it Appears To-day.
Roman Holidays and Others. W. D. Howells. P. 96.
Poem.—In the Roman Forum
Amelia Josephine Burr. Literary Digest. Vol. xlviii, p. 1130.

THE ROMAN HOUSE

"Here is my religion, here is my race, here are the traces of my forefathers. I cannot express the charm which I find here, and which penetrates my heart and my senses."
—Cicero: Pro Domo.
The Plan of the Roman House.
Callus. W. A. Becker. P. 237.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 357.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. Chap. vi.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. William R. Inge. Chap. x.
The Heating and Lighting of the House.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 457.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. Chap. vi.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. Pp. 78, 269.
The Interior of the House.
Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. W. Warde Fowler. Chap. viii.
The Interior of a Pompeian House. H. G. Huntington. Cosmopolitan. Vol. xxiv, p. 52.
Household Furniture.
Gallus. W. A. Becker. P. 295.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. W. R. Inge. Chap. x.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. Chap. vi.
A Day in Ancient Rome. Edgar S. Shumway. P. 77.
The Palatine: Home of the Aristocracy.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara E. Clement. Vol. i, p. 324.
Walks in Rome. Augustus J. C. Hare. Pp. 225, 249.
A Haunted House.
C. Pliny. Epist. 7, 27, 5-11.

ROMAN SLAVES

"Is not a slave of the same stuff as you, his lord? Does he not enjoy the same sun, breathe the same air, die, even as you do? Then let your slave worship rather than dread you. Scorn not any man. The Universe is the common parent of us all."
—Seneca
The Roman Slave.
Gallus. W. A. Becker. P. 200.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, P. 530.
Caesar. A Sketch. James Anthony Froude. Chap. ii.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. Chap. v.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 511.
Ancient History. Hutton Webster. P. 596.
The Roman Slave as Seen in Literature.
Vergilius. Irving Bacheller. P. 38.
A Friend of Caesar. William Stearns Davis. Chap. ii, pp. 33, 44.
Treatment of Slaves.
Cato: On Agriculture. Translation in Source Book of Roman History. Dana C. Munro. P. 184.
Letter of Pliny the Younger. Translation in Readings in Ancient History. Hutton Webster. P. 245.
The Household Slave.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 513.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. William R. Inge. P. 160.
Slaves as Physicians.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 526.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 71.
Trimalchio's Cook.
Trimalchio's Dinner. Harry Thurston Peck. P. 115.
Seneca's Opinions Upon Slavery.
Readings in Ancient History. Rome and the West. William Stearns Davis. P. 259.
Dialogue.—A Slave Owner and His Slaves.
Readings in Ancient History. Rome and the West. William Stearns Davis. P. 90.

ROMAN CHILDREN

"Pueri mei sunt mea ornamenta."
—Cornelia
The Roman Child.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 67.
His Pets and Games.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 73.
His Playthings.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 71.
Second Latin Book. Miller and Beeson. Introduction. P. 20.
A Roman Boy as Described by Petronius.
Trimalchio's Dinner. Harry Thurston Peck. P. 112.
Cicero's Son.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. Chap. ii.
A Roman Boy's Birthday.
Bertha A. Bush. Saint Nicholas. Vol. xxii, p. 38.
The Story of a Roman Boy.
Second Latin Book. Miller and Beeson. Introduction.
Poem.—A Girl's Funeral in Milan.
In the Garden of Dreams. Louise Chandler Moulton. P. 39.
Roman Children on their Way to School.
Second Latin Book. Miller and Beeson. Introduction. P. 24.
Poem.—To Lesbia's Sparrow.

EDUCATION AMONG THE ROMANS

"Iam tristis nucibus puer relictis
Clamoso revocatur a magistro."
—Martial
Ode.—To a Schoolmaster.
The Epigrams of Martial. Book x: lxii.
Education Among the Romans.
A Literary History of Rome. J. Wight Duff. P. 49.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. Chap. iv.
Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. W. Warde Fowler. Chap. vi.
Wages of Schoolmasters in Ancient Rome.
R. F. Leighton. Education. Vol. iv, p. 506.
The Troubles of the Roman Schoolmaster.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. William R. Inge. Chap. vi.
The Punishment of Pupils.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. P. 15.
Readings in Ancient History. Rome and the West. William Stearns Davis. P. 230.
Cato's Training of His Son.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, p. 525.
Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. W. Warde Fowler. Chap. vi, p. 172.
A Letter Written By Cicero's Son while at College.
Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. W. Warde Fowler. Chap. vi, p. 199.
Masterpieces of Latin Literature. Gordon J. Laing. P. 176.
The Boy Poet Sulpicius
: A Tragedy of Roman Education.
J. Raleigh Nelson. School Review. Vol. xi, p. 384.

SOME COMMON PROFESSIONS AND TRADES AMONG THE ROMANS

"Rome had her great shopping district (mainly on streets leading into the Forum), and seemingly her 'department stores'; also her class of inveterate shoppers."
—Readings in Ancient History. William Stearns Davis, p. 225.
Poem.—Pan in Wall Street.
Edmund Clarence Stedman. Atlantic Monthly. Vol. xix, p. 118.
The Classic Myths in English Literature. Charles Mills Gayley. Chap. xv, p. 183.
How a Well-to-do Roman Spent His Day.
Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. W. Warde Fowler. Chap. ix.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. William Ralph Inge. Chap. viii.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 308.
Ancient History. Hutton Webster. P. 581.
Banking and Money Lending.
Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. W. Warde Fowler. Chap. iii, p. 80.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 306.
A Roman Author.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. William Ralph Inge. Chap. vi.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 296.
The Baker.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 521.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 191.
The Florist.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 273.
The Lawyer.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. William Ralph Inge. Chap. vi.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 301.
A Roman Craft Set At Nought By Paul.
Bible. Acts, Chap. xix, v. 21 ff.
Some Business Advertisements.
Readings in Ancient History. Rome and the West. William Stearns Davis. P. 263.
A Business Panic in Rome.
Readings in Ancient History. Rome and the West. William Stearns Davis. P. 222.
The Vexations Of City Life.
C. Pliny. Epist. i, 6. Translation in Ancient Classics for English Readers. Pliny. W. Lucas Collins. Chap. x, p. 124.

ROMAN DOCTORS

"Mens sana in corpore sano."
—Juvenal
The Sanitary Conditions of Ancient Rome.
The Italians of To-day. René Bazin. P. 121.
Roba di Roma. William W. Story. Chap. vii.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 70.
Roman Doctors.
Gallus. W. A. Becker. P. 207.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. W. R. Inge. Chap. vi.
Roba di Roma. William W. Story. P. 527.
Remedies for Toothache and Hydrophobia.
Illustrated History of Ancient Literature. John D. Quakenbos. P. 404.
Ancient Microbes.
Walks in Rome. Augustus J. C. Hare. P. 416.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 52.
The Faith Cure.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. Pp. 52, 68.
Baiae: The Health Resort.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. W. R. Inge. Chap. ix.
Medical Service In The Roman Army.
Medicine in the Roman Army. Eugene Hugh Byrne. Classical Journal. Vol. v, p. 267.
The Story of a Roman Doctor.
Lazy Tours in Spain. Louise Chandler Moulton. P. 103.
The Public Baths.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. W. R. Inge. P. 232.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. P. 272.

THE ROMAN SOLDIER

"Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento;
hae tibi erunt artes; pacisque imponere morem
parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos."
—Vergil. Aeneid, vi, 851 ff.
The Roman Soldier.
Caesar. A Sketch. James Anthony Froude. Chap. xiv.
The Soldier's Armor.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 567.
The Genesis of Rome's Military Equipment. Eugene S. McCartney.
Classical Weekly. Vol. vi, p. 74.
Caesar's Art of War.
Caesar's Art of War and of Writing. Atlantic Monthly. Vol. xliv, p. 273.
Caesar's Care for his Soldiers.
Caesar. A Sketch. James Anthony Froude. Chap. xxiv.
Debate.
Resolved that Caesar was justified in subduing Gaul.
Dialogue:
A Roman Man o' War's Man.
Heroic Happenings. E. S. Brooks. P. 63.
The Italian Soldier Of To-Day.
The Italians of To-day. René Bazin. P. 66.
Studying Caesar On The Aisne.
Literary Digest. Vol. l, p. 919.
Poem.—Gods of War.
Literary Digest. Vol. xlix, p. 1022.

CAESAR

"The foremost man of all this world."
—Shakespeare
The Boyhood of Caesar.
Great Captains. Caesar. Theodore A. Dodge. Chap. iii.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. Chap. viii.
Caesar. A Sketch. James Anthony Froude. Chap. vi.
His Personal Appearance.
A History of Roman Literature. Charles Thomas Cruttwell. P. 193.
Caesar. A Sketch. James Anthony Froude. Chap. viii.
The Habits of the Gauls.
Great Captains. Caesar. Theodore A. Dodge. Chap. iv.
Caesar. A Sketch. James Anthony Froude. Chap. xiii.
Caesar in Gaul.
Caesar. A Sketch. James Anthony Froude. Pp. 198, 217.
Caesar's Army and a Modern Army Compared.
Great Captains. Theodore A. Dodge. Chaps. xxiii, xlvi.
The Animals of the Hercynian Forest.
Grace G. Begle. School Review. Vol. viii, p. 457.
Caesar's Favorite Horse.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. i, p. 362.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 84.
Caesar. A Sketch. James Anthony Froude. P. 537.
Our English Forefathers as Described by Caesar.
Commentaries. Caesar. Book v, Chaps. xii-xv.
Caesar a Guest at the Home of Cicero.
Foreign Classics in English. William Cleaver Wilkinson. Vol. iv, p. 243.
The Death of Caesar.
Julius Caesar. William Shakespeare. Act iii, scene i.
A New Version of the Death of Caesar.
Harper's Magazine. Vol. cxv, p. 655.
Poem.—The Lads of Liege.
The Present Hour. Percy Mackaye. P. 35.
New York Times. Sept. 2, 1914.

CICERO

"Caesar alone excepted, no ancient Roman has been so widely, so continuously, and so intensely alive since his death, as has been Marcus Tullius Cicero."
—Wilkinson
The House where Cicero was Born.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. Chap. vi.
His Favorite House.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. P. 121.
Cicero, the Man.
Cicero. John Lord. Chautauqua. Vol. ii, p. 563.
Foreign Classics in English. William Cleaver Wilkinson. Vol. iv. Chap. vii.
Cicero, the Orator.
Cicero in the Senate. Harriet Waters Preston. Atlantic Monthly. Vol. lxi, p. 641.
Cicero, the Wit.
Cicero as a Wit. W. L. Collins. Chautauqua. Vol. xi, P. 377.
Cicero as a Wit. Francis W. Kelsey. Classical Journal. Vol. iii, p. 3.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. P. 197.
Foreign Classics in English. William Cleaver Wilkinson, Vol. iv, p. 235.
Humor Repeats Itself. Irene Nye. Classical Journal. Vol. ix, p. 154.
Cicero, the Exile.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, p. 621.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. Chap. x.
The Prosecution of Archias.
Richard Wellington Husband. Classical Weekly. Vol. ix, p. 165.
A Comparison: Cicero and Demosthenes.
Illustrated History of Ancient Literature. John D. Quackenbos. P. 286.
Foreign Classics in English. William Cleaver Wilkinson. Vol. iv, p. 487.
Cicero in Maine.
Martha Baker Dunn. Atlantic Monthly. Vol. xciii, p. 253.
Debate:
Resolved that Cicero was justified in putting the Catilinarian conspirators to death.
The conviction of Lentulus. H. C. Nutting. Classical Journal. Vol. iii, p. 186.
Catiline as a Party Leader. E. S. Beesly. Fortnightly Review. Vol. i, p. 175.
The Death of Cicero.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, p. 624.

VERGIL

"The noble sage who knew everything."
—Dante
Song.—Opening Lines of the Aeneid.
An Experiment with the Opening Lines of the Aeneid. J. Raleigh Nelson. School Review. Vol. vii, p. 129.
Dido. An Epic Tragedy. Miller and Nelson. P. 57.
Vergil.
Outline for the Study of Vergil's Aeneid. Maud Emma Kingsley. Education. Vol. xxiii, p. 148.
Vergil. Harper and Miller. Introduction.
In Vergil's Italy.
Frank Justus Miller. Chautauqua. Vol. xxxiv, p. 368.
Dido
: A Character Study.
J. Raleigh Nelson. School Review. Vol. xii, p. 408.
Vergil. Harper and Miller.
Vergil's Estimate of his Æneid.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, P. 636.
Poem.—The Doom of the Slothful.
John Addington Symonds.
Essay.—Paris and Helen.
Adventures among Books. Andrew Lang. P. 235, or Cosmopolitan. Vol. xviii, p. 173.
Legends Connected with Vergil.
A History of Roman Literature. Charles Thomas Cruttwell. P. 278.
Vergil in Maine.
Martha Baker Dunn. Atlantic Monthly. Vol. c, p. 773.
Vergil's Influence.
On Teaching Vergil. H. H. Yeames. School Review. Vol. xx, p. 1.
A Travesty on the Taking of Troy.
Roba di Roma. William W. Story. P. 186.
North American Review. Vol. xcvii, p. 255.
St. Paul's Visit to Vergil's Tomb.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, p. 640.
Poem.—To Vergil.
Poetical Works. Alfred Tennyson. P. 511.
Littell's Living Age. Vol. clv, p. 2.

HORACE

"Exegi monumentum acre perennius
regalique situ pyramidum altius."
—Horace. Carmina. III, xxx.
Horace.
Horace: Person and Poet. Grant Showerman. Classical Journal. Vol. vi, p. 158.
A History of Roman Literature. Charles Thomas Cruttwell. P. 515.
A Glimpse of Horace's Schooldays.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. P. 39.
Readings in Ancient History. Rome and the West. William Stearns Davis. P. 227.
Poem.—Capri.
Walter Taylor Field.
An Invitation from Horace to Vergil for Dinner.
Foreign Classics in English. Vol. iv. William Cleaver Wilkinson. P. 183.
Some Translations of Horace's Odes.
Blackwood's Magazine. Vol. civ, p. 150.
Poem.—The Sabine Farm.
Michael Monahan. Current Literature. Vol. xlviii, p. 344.
A Dialogue from Horace.—The Bore. Sat. i, 9.
A Day in Ancient Rome. Edgar S. Shumway. P. 51.
Masterpieces of Latin Literature. Gordon J. Laing. P. 295.
Poem.—I sing of myself. (Horace. Book ii, Ode xx.)
Louis Untermeyer. Century Magazine. Vol. lxiv, p. 960.
Poem.—Byron's Farewell to Horace.
Childe Harold. Byron. Canto iv, lxxvii.

ROMAN LITERATURE

"Haec studia adulescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solacium praebent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur."
—Cicero. Pro Archia Poeta, vii.
Roll Call.—Gems of Latin Thought.
Illustrated History of Ancient Literature. John D. Quackenbos. P. 425.
Latin Mottoes and Proverbs.
Latin Lessons. M. L. Smith. P. 212.
The Literature of Rome.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. William Ralph Inge. Chap. v.
Latin Literature. Nelson G. McCrea. Classical Weekly. Vol. v, p. 194.
Children in Roman Literature.
Childhood in Literature and Art. Horace E. Scudder. Chap. ii, p. 6.
The Calendar.
How the Roman Spent his Year. William F. Allen. Lippincott's Magazine. Vol. xxxiii, p. 447.
The Ancient City. Fustel De Coulanges. P. 212.
Music in Ancient Rome.
Society in Rome under the Caesars. William Ralph Inge. Chap. v.
Roman Folk-lore.
Second Latin Book. Miller and Beeson. P. 52.
Ode to Apollo.
Complete Poetical Works. Keats. P. 7.

SOME FAMOUS WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME

"A marked feature of the Roman character, a peculiarity which at once strikes the student of their history as compared with that of the Greeks was their great respect for the home and the mater familias."
—Eugene Hecker
The Roman Matron.
The Private Life of the Romans. H. W. Johnston. Chap. vii.
The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Guhl and Koner. P. 482.
The Women of Cicero's Time.
Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. W. Warde Fowler. P. 150.
A Friend of Caesar. William Stearns Davis. Chap. vi, p. 104.
The Women of Ulysses' Time.
Mischievous Philanthropy. Simon Newcomb. Forum. Vol. i, p. 348.
The Roman Woman as Described by Juvenal.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, p. 537.
Readings in Ancient History. Rome and the West. William Stearns Davis. P. 247.
Poem.—Venus and Vulcan.
Poetical Works. John G. Saxe. P. 238.
Lollia Paulina, a Woman of Wealth and Misfortune.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 104.
Livia, the Politician.
The Women of the Caesars. Guglielmo Ferrero. Chap. ii.