AP Latin
Explore ancient Roman history and culture as you learn to read and analyze Latin literature. In AP Latin, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of this long-lived language from which all the modern Romance languages (such as French, Spanish, and Italian) arose, while reading the original works of Vergil, Pliny the Younger, and more.
Course Content
Unit 1: Teacher's Choice—Latin Prose
You'll review the fundamentals of reading Latin as you begin the transition to reading longer passages of Latin prose. Your teacher will choose the texts for this unit.
Unit 2: Pliny's Letters: Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
You'll read two of Pliny the Younger's letters about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE.
Unit 3: Pliny's Letters: Ghosts and Apparitions, Letters to Trajan and Calpurnia, and Teacher's Choice—Latin Prose
You'll read several of Pliny's letters on a variety of topics, including Romans' idedas about the supernatural and divine, and different types of Roman professional and personal relationships.
Unit 4: Teacher's Choice—Latin Poetry and Vergil's Aeneid, Excerpts from Books 1 and 2
You'll be introduced to Latin poetry and to two key leaders in the Aeneid—Aeneas and Dido—as you read about the trials of the Trojans and the roles of other mortal and divine characters in this epic.
Unit 5: Vergil, Aeneid, Excerpts from Books 4, 6, 7, 11, and 12
You'll read more about the doomed relationship between Queen Dido and Aeneas, Aeneas's trip to the underworld with his father Anchises, and meet the characters Turnus and Camilla in the conclusion of the epic.
Unit 6: Course Project and Teacher's Choice—Latin Poetry
You'll engage in a contextually informed exploration of the four course project passages, unique to that year of the course, and continue to develop your abilities to read and comprehend Latin poetry using texts chosen by your teacher.
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Know what is expected of you to know and what is the makeup of your exam. Each topic has its dedicated page.
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Study guides for all units and topics.