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AP® Latin

The AP Latin course focuses on continued Latin language acquisition, with the inclusion of textual analysis and contextualization skills. The course features selections from two influential works of Latin literature: Vergil’s Aeneid and Pliny the Younger’s Letters. Significant time is also dedicated to the reading of nonsyllabus texts chosen by teachers, as well as four Course Project passages, many of which will extend beyond the authors of the early imperial era of classical Rome. Students will prepare and translate the readings and thus further refine their knowledge of the Latin language. They will also place these texts in a meaningful context, helping them develop their critical, historical, and literary sensitivities. Throughout the course, students will consider the main ideas, effects or purposes, and points of view expressed in these works to gain a deeper understanding of the content and the culture in which they were created.

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