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Latin Language AP Summer Enrichment
**This is totally OPTIONAL.**
It is important to me that you enjoy your summer, but if you are curious and have some free time,
have fun practicing your language and exploring these videos and podcasts.
Option 1: Latin Vocabulary Review Blooket There may be words on this blooket that you do not
know, and that is OK. This is a mastery vocabulary list that will help you build your vocabulary and
review words you do know. Students who earn at least 70% accuracy will earn a 50 point quiz grade
in Q1. The top 2 students in each class will earn an additional 50 point quiz grade, so you may want
to do this more than once :)
Option 2:
Based on discussions we have had in our classes, and feedback from former students, many
of you are already adept consumers of media about the ancient world. That’s where the
inspiration for this summer enrichment project arose. If you can’t travel to ancient Rome or
even modern Rome this summer, how can you immerse yourself in the history and interact
with a culture? This list of videos and podcasts is curated from your peers’ recommendations
and my curiosity. I hope that this media piques your curiosity too!
You've probably heard the expressions, "Seeing is believing," and, "A picture is worth a thousand
words." A very truthful and certainly enjoyable way to learn history is through media, including
movies and podcasts. Presentations of historical themes have been popular as long as motion
pictures have been produced- think about Ben Hur and Spartacus, as films provide us with
interpretations of historical personalities and events.
Since films are produced first of all to entertain and, perhaps, secondly to instruct, it is important to
remember that few producers are willing to risk the box-office draw of their film for historical accuracy.
If a choice is to be made between entertainment and historical fact, it might well be that the "truth"
suffers. Films can also be a valuable way of going back through time to experience the atmosphere of
a period in the past or to "see" historical characters long dead. Many film production companies try
very hard to make the settings for their historical presentation as accurate as possible. They employ
historians to act as consultants to advise in the construction of sets, costume design, weaponry,
transportation, manners, and other details.
Just as you have learned to be critical of print documents, you must bring that same critical eye to
non-print or media documents. It is important to learn critical viewing skills to use when you see
media productions in your social studies classes, on television at home, or at the movies.
How To Earn Credit
● For each episode of a show, a movie or a podcast, you will fill out a google form response that
reflects what you learned and your critique of the media resource.
● Your responses will be run through a plagiarism/Ai checker, so please give your honest effort
and not generate or regurgitate information. This is OPTIONAL and about learning, growing,
and maybe even having fun! (If there are watch parties please invite me!)
● Each entry that you make will earn you 10 points in the test category for the first quarter. You
may earn up to 50 points through summer enrichment. If this goes well, we may consider
extending it throughout the year, based on your feedback)
GOOGLE FORM SUBMISSION LINK
On the Google Response Form, you will be asked the following questions (that you might
want to make note in a separate document and copy it in)
1. What are elements of the media source that accurately portray the time period/historical context?
What did you learn about the ancient world from viewing or listening? (100 words)
2. Does this media portray the historical event or time period accurately? If so, how? (Note:
costuming, sets, props, manners, etc. ) How does this film deviate from historical facts, or, in other
words, what inaccuracies can you find in this? If a podcast, what sources did the podcast use to
describe or interpret the topic discussed (100 words)
3. Choose one element of the film/podcast to write a reflection/response- What is your opinion on a
topic something from what you watched/heard? What do you THINK about something that you
watched/heard? What do you want to know more about after consuming this? (100 words)
4. Choose one of the following to discuss- (100 words)
-Does this media source contain any underlying messages, or is it a straight narrative of a specific
historical event?
-Does the media source reflect any political undertones of the time it was made? If so, how?
-In your opinion, of what use is this media source in explaining or illuminating a historical event,
figure, or time period?
5. What sort of classmate would you recommend this to and why OR why would you not recommend
this resource to a friend? - (50 words)
Videos by Level
● Levels are just recommended based on the topics covered in each level. You can watch things
from other levels.
● This is not an exhaustive list. If you find something on another platform (or even youtube!)
email me, and I will preview it. If it meets the criteria, I will add it to this list.
● Each episode counts as a separate submission, but if you want to fill out the series and answer
the questions for each episode in one submission, that is fine.
Note to Parents: There are multiple movie options for summer enrichment. It is not required that they
watch R-rated films. Since this is an at home assignment, I am presuming that your permission is
granted if they watch an R-rated film movie.
Latin II Honors
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Roman Empire
(3 seasons)
This stylish mix of documentary and lavish
historical epic chronicles the turbulent, violent
reigns of Commodus, Julius Caesar, and
Caligula
TV MA- Gore,
language, nudity,
violence, sex
Netflix
Empire Games
(Episodes 1, 2,
5)
Interviews with scholars and dramatic
reenactments bring to life the origins and
history-making achievements of the world’s
greatest ancient empires
Netflix
Thermae Romae
Novae (anime)
(11 episodes)
A proud bath architect in Ancient Rome starts
randomly surfacing in present-day Japan,
where he’s inspired by the many bathing
innovations he finds
TV MA Nudity
Amazon
Prime
Rome: Empire
Without Limit
with Mary Beard
(4 episodes)
Tackling everything from gladiators to murdered
Emperors, classical scholar Mary Beard returns
to the BBC in this unique history documentary
where she explores and explodes the myths of
the Roman Empire. Delving into the subject
with an epic scope, the renowned and
irreverent historian gives her own highly
distinctive take on this world-defining period.
Why do we get the Romans so wrong?
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Rome: The
World’s First
Superpower (4
episodes)
An ambitious four-part series, Rome: The
World's First Superpower tells the
thousand-year story of how an empire was built
on murder, ambition, betrayal and greed. Shot
on location in Rome, Pompeii, Sicily, France
and Tunisia, it combines eye-catching graphics
with archaeological evidence and testimony
from Europe's foremost classical experts.
Amazon
Prime
Great Greek
Myths (3
seasons)
This series sets out to recount these ancient
stories using animations created especially for
the occasion, and illustrations chosen from the
entire history of art. This dynamic blend, a
bridge between modernity and history, ancient
narrative and contemporary dramatic art, is a
new way to discover or re-discover this part of
our universal heritage.
Amazon
Prime
Ancient
Mysteries
(Season 2
Episode 8
Ancient Rome
and its
Mysterious Cities
Explores the great cities built by the Romans as
they conquered the world. How did Romans
use the wealth and knowledge of the Greeks
and Etruscans to build their cities?
Amazon
Prime
Roman
Megastructures
(3 episodes)
50 BC: Julius Cesar reigned supreme over
Gaul. Rome wanted to spread its greatness,
bringing civilization to the defeated barbarians
now part of the Empire. This series explores
three cities that today are home to the vestiges
of this industrious civilization. Through the use
of CGI, archive footage, aerial imagery, and
expert testimony, this trilogy unveils the secrets
of Roman engineering.
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I, Caesar: The
Rise and Fall of
the Roman
Empire (6
episodes)
This classic series explores the public and
private lives of six rulers of ancient Rome:
Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero, Hadrian,
Constantine and Justinian. Their careers were
defined by bloody battles, far-reaching
innovations and profound corruption. Together,
they paint a picture of the sophisticated highs
and brutal lows of the Roman Empire, its
sensational birth, heyday and final decline.
Amazon
Prime
Centurion
Roman soldiers are trapped behind enemy
lines after a brutal ambush decimates their
legion. They must fight their way to freedom
while hunted by a relentless warrior princess
out for Roman blood.
Rated R
Amazon
Prime
Boudica: Queen
of War
Inspired by true events: legendary first-century
Celtic queen Boudica rules the Iceni people
alongside King Prasutagus-until Roman
invaders kill her husband and seize her
kingdom, leading her to begin one of history's
most famous uprisings.
Rated R for
Violence,
language and
sexual
references
Amazon
Prime
Asterix and
Obelix vs.
Caesar
Asterix and Obelix must rescue the druid
Panoramix after a Roman official kidnaps him
to get ahold of a magic potion.
Amazon
Prime
Asterix & Obelix:
Mission
Cleopatra
Astérix and Obélix go to Egypt to help architect
Numérobis who is building a palace for
Cleopatra.
Amazon
Prime
Asterix at the
Olympic Games
Astérix and Obélix compete at the Olympics in
order to help their friend Lovesix marry
Princess Irina. Brutus also tries to win the game
with his own team and get rid of his father
Julius Caesar.
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Meet the
Romans with
Mary Beard
The acclaimed British historian Mary Beard fell
in love with the intrigue of classical Rome as a
child. Here she delves deep into its heart to
meet the citizens of the Empire. Exploring the
latest archaeological evidence, she reveals
what went on behind closed doors and in public
baths 2,000 years ago. She enters buildings
and walks the streets of Italy to show us what
life was really like.
Youtube
Extra History:
Rome- The Punic
Wars (4
episodes)
Hannibal and Carthage vs. Rome
Link
Youtube
Extra History:
The Gracchi
Brothers (7
Episodes)
Rome had expanded rapidly during the 2nd century
BCE. It now stretched from Spain to Greece, with
holdings in Africa, and showed no signs of stopping.
At home, this growth destabilized the entire economy.
Slaves from captured lands became field workers for
the wealthy. Common soldiers who used to own land
could no longer tend it during the long campaigns, and
returned to find themselves either bankrupt or forced
to sell to the large slave-owning elites. Now these
displaced landowners flooded Rome looking for work,
but many of them remained unemployed or
underemployed. In the midst of this, two boys named
Tiberius and Gaius were born to the Gracchus family.
They were plebeians but of the most distinguished
order. The families of the soldiers had a far
different perspective: they celebrated Tiberius,
and even saved him from punishment at the
hands of the Senate. He had learned that
power could be found in appealing to the
people.
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Extra History:
Rome & The
Third Century
Crisis
The Third Century Crisis has it all.
Assassinations, plotting, uprisings by the
people, military, and nobles alike. Burning and
looting. And a year where there were 6
emperors all at the same time. We will be
covering Aurelian and Diocletian, we promise.
But first we need to set up the backstory for
how these two managed to staple the Roman
empire back together. And we'll cover the 14
emperors leading up to Aurelian. One whose
death might seem... familiar.
Link
Youtube
Extra History:
Rome: Battle of
the Milvian
Bridge -
Constantine vs
Maxentius -
Roman History -
Extra History
Rome is in chaos. The same reforms that Diocletian
had placed to stabilize the Empire after the 3rd
Century are starting to grow the same poisonous
vines. Infighting and heavy taxation wear down the
populace and 6 emperors (and emperor-lite) figures
struggle for control. Of these, two meet in battle after
receiving two completely opposite prophecies.
Maxentius rules from Rome, has rebuilt the fading city,
and has been told that today, the enemy of Rome will
fall. He takes this to mean Constantine, the junior
emperor who wakes from a vision. A vision given to
him by a god to paint a symbol on the shields of his
men and to go and conquer. But that's the funny thing
about prophecy... it's all about interpretation.
Link
Youtube
Weekly Roman
Histories Podcast
Weekly Roman Histories, a series designed to give
Latin students and other entry-level Classicists a sort
of crash course in Roman history in weekly
installments. I'm aiming to make about 25 videos of
15-20 minutes each (none of those numbers are set in
stone) which will cover western Roman history from
its founding in 753 BCE to its fall in 476 CE, along with
some pre-history and some of what went on in the
East after 476.
Link
Latin III Honors
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Queen
Cleopatra (4
episodes
In this informative documentary series,
dramatizations and interviews depict the life
and contributions of Queen Cleopatra
TV 14-sex, suicide,
violence
Netflix
The Eagle
(2011)
Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell star as a
determined Roman soldier and his slave who
embark on a treacherous quest to retrieve a
sacred emblem
PG 13- Battle
sequences and
some disturbing
images
Amazon
Prime
Augustus:
The first
emperor (2
episodes)
In 42 B.C. Rome is in the middle of a civil war.
Together with his friend Agrippa, the young
Augustus goes to Spain in order to help Julius
Caesar in his struggle against the troops of
Pompey. Even though they are outnumbered,
they manage to defeat Pompey. There,
Augustus hears the news of Caesar's
assassination and he returns to Rome with his
friends.
Youtube
Extra History:
Cleopatra (6
episodes)
Cleopatra: A Drunken Bet - Cleopatra VII Philopator.
One of the most famous women of all history with one
of the most dramatic stories. We've all heard how she
gained the affections of two of the most powerful
men of Rome, and committed suicide through snake
bite. And while that story is very dramatic, it doesn't
really capture the full brilliance of Cleopatra. More
than just a romantic figure, Cleopatra was cunning,
charismatic, and ruthless. And to understand how she
developed into such a fierce politician, we gotta talk
about her family, the Ptolemys. Talk about a nest of
vipers.
https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=yp
swk9-DP9M&t=96s
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Historia
Civilis
Great series on:
Roman History
Roman Politics 101
Julius Caesar
Octavian
Roman Battle Tactics
The Roman Legion
The fall of Pompey
The battle of Pharsalus
Cleopatra and the Siege of Alexandria
Battle of Philippi
The Battle of Actium
THe Battle of the Teotoburg Forest
https://www.youtub
e.com/@HistoriaCi
vilis
Netflix
Barbarians (6
episodes)
Barbarians II
(6 episodes)
In this exciting historical-drama series,
Germanic Warriors battle to halt the spread of
the Roman Empire
TV MA- Gore,
language, nudity,
sex suicide,
violence
Amazon
Prime
Under Siege
(Season 1
Episode 1
Alesia)
As resistance to the Roman invasion of
Northern Europe collapsed, the Gallic warrior
Vercingetorix marshaled 100,000 troops
against the formidable and ruthless Roman
legions led by Julius Caesar. The extraordinary
siege works constructed by the Romans not
only kept Vercingetorix's army penned in but
also managed to keep an enormous Gallic
relief army out.
AP Latin
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Troy: Fall of a
city (8
episodes
Searching for the woman promised to him by
Aphrodite, herdsman paris learns his true identity
and falls for Helen of Sparta, igniting the trojan
War
TV MA- Gore,
language, nudity,
violence
Podcast
In the Shadow
of Vesuvius
Early one afternoon in the year 79 AD, a seventeen
year-old boy looked out from the window of his villa
across the Bay of Naples. He saw a great cloud, ‘both
strange and enormous in appearance’, rising from the
top of a hill over the luxuriant landscape of Campania.
This boy would be remembered by history as Pliny the
Younger. The event he was about to witness was one
of the most shocking and spectacular to ever take
place in the ancient world: the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius.
https://www.tttpodca
st.com/season-1/dr-d
aisy-dunn-shadow-of
-vesuvius-79ad
Amazon
Prime
Extra History:
The Trojan
War (2
episodes)
The Trojan War: History vs. Myth - On Extra Mythology
we've been covering the myth of the Trojan War recorded
in the Iliad, but that's all it is right? There's no way a
massive war like that was actually fought. Well... yes and
no. The Trojan War might not have unfolded the way
Homer's muses sing with the Trojan Horse, Achilles,
Agamemnon or Hector, BUT there was a real, historical
Troy! How exactly did we find it? That's a story in and of
itself and it all begins with a man named Schliemann.
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=zT2egl
5iTvg
YouTube
Historia Civilis
Great series on:
Julius Caesar
The Roman Legion
Caesar vs. the Helvetii
https://www.youtube.
com/@HistoriaCivilis
Podcasts for All
Are you an audiophile or a podcast lover? Are you taking a long car trip or flight this year? Do you like
to listen to podcasts while you exercise or in the background of your every day? Here’s a curated list
of recommended podcasts you can choose to listen to this summer. This is not an exhaustive list, and
if you find something cool, please email it to me, and I will add it! Follow the submission guidelines for
the videos! Each episode counts as a separate submission.
The “History of Rome” podcast by Mike Duncan is an exhaustive examination of the chronology and history
of ancient Rome. In 179 episodes he takes the listener from Aeneas and Romulus to Romulus Augustulus.
https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating
stand-up routines about figures from ancient Greece and
Rome.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077x8pc/episodes/guide
Conversational Latin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1WuLg45SiwukZMyb1XtsjnHehecesfl
Satura Lanx - a serialised history of Latin literature told in easy to follow Latin. The delivery is incredible
- crisp, clear, enthusiastic - with lots of rhetorical questions, and rephrasing of complex concepts.
Travels through Time- Travels Through Time is a mixture of serious history and a playful parlour game. Each
episode features an interview with one of the world’s leading historians or public figures and follows a set
format. First they are asked the question: “If you could travel back in time, what year would you like to visit?”
The guest then guides us through their chosen year in three telling scenes before returning to the present day
with a memento of their travels. Here’s some great episodes:
Socrates and Aspasia: Prof. Armand D'Angour (450 – 416 BCE) In this episode of Travels
Through Time we venture back to meet Socrates with the Oxford academic Professor Armand
D’Angour. We meet Socrates as the young son of a stonemason, as the intelligent scholar and as the
wise old philosopher. Most of all Armand introduces us to a revolutionary new figure into the story of
Socrates’s younger life. This is the lover and partner of the statesman Pericles: Aspasia.
Ovid and the Augustan Age: Llewelyn Morgan (14 AD)
In this episode we return to Ancient Rome and to one of the most glittering moments in its history.
After the political drama of the first century BC – the days of Caesar and Pompey the Great, and the
fall of the Republic – came the long, rich and expressive Augustan Age. Our guide to this time is the
scholar Professor Llewelyn Morgan.
The Notorious Empress Messalina: Honor Cargill Martin (48 AD) In this episode of Travels
Through Time the classicist Honor Cargill-Martin takes Artemis on a tour of the debauched and
dangerous world of Roman politics. We meet Messalina, one of the Rome's most notorious women,
and follow her through the events of 48 AD that would lead to her eventual downfall and execution.
Roman Roads and the Invasion of Britain: Christopher Hadley (51 ad) Nothing symbolises the
might of imperial Rome like their roads. Expertly engineered and perfectly cambered, they were the
arteries of the empire through which merchants, armies and information flowed.In Britain, many of
them survive as a ghostly outline beneath our modern system of highways, Watling Street to the north
of London is now the A5, to the south, it forms the A2 to Dover. Others though, have been lost, fallen
out of use over the centuries, been ploughed up and forgotten.
A Comedy of Terrors: Lindsey Davis (89 AD) Today we head back almost two thousand years to
the rich, rowdy, ruthless Roman world of the Emperor Domitian. This was a time when people were
still coming to terms with the devastating eruption at Vesuvius and when political intrigue kept those
who lived in the Eternal City in a constant state of excitement and unease. Our guide in this
fascinating episode is the much-loved novelist Lindsey Davis.
Journey to Britannia: Bronwen Riley (130 AD) Hadrian’s Wall is the largest archaeological feature
remaining from Roman Britain, a 73-mile line of fortifications stretching from the River Tyne on the
east coast to the Solway Firth on the west. Building was begun by the Emperor Hadrian in 122 AD,
during a visit to this remote, unruly corner of his empire. On his orders, work began replacing the
existing road with a vast ditch, stone or turf wall with watchtowers and forts, where crossings were
located, at regular distances. Designed to work with the topography, the wall spans northern England
at its narrowest point and follows a geological fault comprised of a dramatic cliff facing north.
Astonishingly, only five percent has been excavated to date, so new finds and evidence are
unearthed surprisingly often – there is still so much for us to discover about life along this
extraordinary boundary, which lay at the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire.
In this episode we follow in the footsteps of a brilliant young general making his way from Rome to
Britain to take up his post as governor of this outpost of the empire in 130 AD. Sextus Julius Severus,
‘the first of Hadrian’s best generals’ might not have been thrilled at the prospect of moving here, but
what the province of Britannia lacked in sunshine, culture and cuisine, it more than made up for in
military significance and danger.
Hypatia and The Darkening Age: Catherine Nixey (415) Catherine Nixey, author of the
international bestseller The Darkening Age, guides Violet Moller back to the ancient city of Alexandria
in the year 415. They talk about the simmering tensions between Christians, Jews and Pagans at that
time. Among the characters they meet is the gifted, beautiful and powerful Hypatia of Alexandria.
Hypatia of Alexandria has always been a compelling figure. Her glittering life and her brutal death
have inspired writers, poets and film makers for centuries but what lies behind the myth and
speculation? The award-winning historian Catherine Nixey takes us back to Alexandria in 415 to
witness the simmering tensions between Christians, Jews and Pagans that led to Hypatia’s brutal
murder.
Educated women were extremely rare in the ancient world, and Hypatia’s skills as a mathematician
and astronomer were fostered by her father, Theon, who was also a famous scholar. Theirs was not a
period of great scientific discovery and innovation, rather a time when older works of mathematics
and astronomy were being reworked and elucidated – Theon made commentaries of some of the
most important scientific works and his versions were the dominant ones used for centuries.
Communicating and teaching were (and still are) hugely important to the scientific endeavour and
Hypatia was celebrated as the greatest teacher in Alexandria (and therefore the whole Mediterranean
world). She was also skilled at making astrolabes, astronomical instruments that were used to
calculate the movements of the celestial bodies.
