Latin III
Instructor: James
Ransom
January 4, 2013
Caesar, De
Bello Gallico
Revised Generic One-Semester Syllabus
THIRD QUARTER
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WEEK
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TRANSLATION IN CLASS
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COURSE NOTES
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ONE
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Come to class every day prepared to translate
intelligently. Before class, you must
have thoroughly reviewed the Latin text as well as Edward’s translation, and
absorbed Steadman’s notes and commentary.
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Be prepared to join in class discussion and to
assist a colleague who is having difficulty in translation.
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Read ahead in Edward’s English
translation. Consult an outline
overview of DBC.
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Texts:
Geoffrey Steadman, ed.,
College Caesar: Latin Text
with Facing Vocabulary and Commentary
H. J. Edwards, tr., The Gallic War
Wheelock & LaFleur, Wheelock’s Latin
Philip Freeman, Julius Caesar
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T 1/7
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Introduction
Caesar, De Bello
Gallico (“DBG”)
Book I, Chapter 1 (“I.1”)
The Divisions
within Gaul
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BOOK 1:1-7 (58
BC): Campaign against the Helvetians.
Caesar departs from the province of Transalpine Gaul,
where he is currently governor, to stop the migration of 368,000 Helvetians
from Helvetia, modern Switzerland, to western Gaul.
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W 1/8
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DBG I. 2
Orgetorix forms
a conspiracy to emigrate from Helvetia
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Freeman, Julius Caesar (“Freeman”) I,
“The Early Years”
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Th 1/9
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DBG I. 3
Orgetorix’s
conspiracy fails
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Wheelock, Chapter 17 (“Wheelock 17”): The Relative Pronoun
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TWO
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T 1/14
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DBG I. 3 (cont.)
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W 1/15
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DBG I.4
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Freeman II: “The
Path to Power”
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Th 1/16
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DBG I.5
The Helvetians
follow Orgetorix’s plan: two possible
routes
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Wheelock 18: 1st
& 2nd Conjugations
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THREE
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T 1/21
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DBG I.6
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W 1/22
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DBG I.7
Caesar decides
to stop the Helvetians
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BOOK I QUIZ
Freeman III:
Conspiracy
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BOOK 1:8-54 (58 BC) Campaign against Ariovistus
After defeating the
Helvetians, Caesar then turns his forces against Ariovistus and the Germans
in Eastern Gaul and drdives them across the Rhine river.
BOOK 2 (57 BC)
Campaign against the Belgians.
The Belgian Gauls amass
forces to resist the Romans, and Caesar marches toward them. The Remi, a Belgic tribe, agree to assist
Caesar. The fighting that ensues,
particularly with the Belgian Nervii, is among the fiercest in the entire
Gallic War. The Romans emerge
victorious
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BOOK 3 (56 BC) Campaign against the Veneti
As troops under Serevius
Galba fend off attacks by Gauls in the Alps, the Veneti, a tribe in northwest
Gaul on the coast of the Atlantic, seize and imprison Roman envoys. Caesar’s response is to fight the seaworthy
Veneti on the Atlantic ocean, capture their fortresses, and execute their
leaders for seizing the Roman envoys.
In the meantime,the quaestor Marcus Crassus defeats the Aquitani to
the south.
BOOK 4:1-23 (55 BC)
Caesar Bridges the Rhine
The Suebi along with
other Germanic tirbes, the Usipetes and Tencteri, venture west across the
Rhine Sinto Belgian territory to avoid the fierce Germanic Suevi. After negotiations, Caesar repulses the
Germans, builds a bridge to span the Rhine within ten days, and after brief
skirmishes returnes to Gaul.
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Th 1/23
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BOOK 4:24-35 (55
BC)
CAESAR IN BRITAIN
In late August, Caesar makes his initial expedition to
Britain
DBG IV.24
The Britons
approach the Romans as they land
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Wheelock 19: Perfect Passive
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FOUR
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T 1/28
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DBG IV.25
The Romans land
and give chase to the Britons
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W 1/29
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DBG IV.26
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Freeman IV:
Consul
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Th 1/30
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DBG IV.27
The Britons seek
peace, and the Roman cavalry is delayed
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Wheelock 20: 4th Declension
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FIVE
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T 2/4
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DBG IV.28
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W 2/5
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DBG IV.29
The Roman fleet
is damaged in a storm
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Freeman V: Gaul
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Th 2/6
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DBG IV.30
The Britons
attack the Romans
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Wheelock 21: 3rd
& 4th Conjugations
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SIX
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T 2/11
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DBG IV.31
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W 2/13
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DBG IV.32
The Britons
attack the Romans (II)
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Freeman VI: The
Belgae
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Th 2/14
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DBG IV.33
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Wheelock 22: 5th
Declension
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SEVEN
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T 2/18
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DBG IV.34
The Britons are
defeated by the Romans
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W 2/19
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DBG IV.35
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Freeman VII:
Britain
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BOOK 5:1-23 (54 BC) Second Expedition to Britain
After landing in Britain
unopposed, he proceeds inland and fights with Britons under the leadership of
Cassivellaunus.
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Th 2/20
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BOOK 5:24-48
After Caesar subdues
Cassivellaunus at Kent, he returns to Gaul.
On account of low grain supplies, the Romans settle into scattered
winter-quarters, which are subsequently attacked by the Gauls. While the forces under the legates Titurius
and Cotta are overwhelmed by the leader Ambiorix, those under Cicero and
Labienus prevail over the Nervii and Treveri
respectively
DBG V.24
Roman
winter-quarters are scattered among the Gauls
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Wheelock 23:
Participles
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EIGHT
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T 2/25
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DBG V.25
Tasgetius is
killed and Ambiorix revolts
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W 2/26
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DBG V.26
Ambiorix advises
Sabinus to leave the camp
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Freeman VIII:
Vercingentorix
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Th 2/27
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DBG V.27
Sabinus’
officers advise against leaving the camp
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Wheelock 24:
Ablative Absolute
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NINE
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T 3/4
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DBG V.28
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W 3/5
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DBG V.29
BOOK 1:8-54 (58 BC) Campaign against Ariovistus
After defeating the
Helvetians, Caesar then turns his forces against Ariovistus and the Germans
in Eastern Gaul and drdives them across the Rhine river.
Sabinus argues
in favor of leaving the camp
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Freeman IX:
Rubicon
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Th 3/6
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DBG V.30
Cotta argues
against leaving the camp, but the Romans depart
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Wheelock 25:
Infinitives
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