Politics, posters and paint.
Bribery, corruption, scandal and supporters of rival factions beating each other up in the street - politics Pompeian style. Somehow Grumio finds himself in the middle of things again.
The Stories
LSP: in villa Page 151
Grumio has a cunning plan to make money out of the forthcoming election - meet Lucius Spurius Pomponianus!
You can also listen to it being spoken aloud by a prize-winning team.
LSP: prope amphitheatrum Page 152
Grumio, with Clemens in tow, heads towards the crowd of bakers who are meeting near the amphitheater.
LSP: in foro Page 152
It's showdown in the forum! Amid the political punch-up, there's a surprise waiting for Grumio...
LSP: in culina Page 153
The conclusion of the story. Grumio and Clemens are back in the kitchen and Clemens reveals that he's come off better than Grumio in more ways than one.
Practising the Language
Activities for vocabulary revision and language practice:
Test your Vocabulary is against the clock and can be set to all words in this stage, up to this stage, etc.
Word Endings exercises are based on the Practising the Language section in the Books, and follow this format. Click here for more information.
Word Endings activities are based on the Practising the Language section of each Stage, and all follow the same format. The user is given a sentence in English together with the same sentence in Latin, but with one or more endings to be chosen from a drop down list. In most exercises the endings omitted are restricted to one particular part of speech (noun, verb or adjective). For this type of exercise language information is provided. This can be called up by the user at any time by clicking on LANGUAGE INFO. But in some exercises, all noun, verb and adjective endings are omitted. For this more demanding exercise, LANGUAGE INFO provides only reference to the relevant pages of the Cambridge Latin Course.
Sorting Words asks you to sort words by meaning, case, etc.
Practising the Language exercises are digital versions of exercises in the Cambridge Latin Course textbooks.
Please note: the Cultural Background weblinks section has been removed.
