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Latin Texts
Aeneid
Book 1: 1-33 (The Epic Begins), 88-107 (The Storm), 496-508 (Queen Dido)
Book 2: 40-56 + 201-249 (Laocoön and the Trojan Horse)
Book 4: 74-89 (Dido Feels The Effect Of Cupid), 165-197 (Rumour Reaches Jupiter), 305-361 (Aeneas Leaves Dido)
Book 6: 450-476 (The Shade of Dido), 788-800 + 847-853 (Meeting Anchises)
Book 7: 45-58 (King Latinus), 783-792 + 803-817 (Turnus Prepares For War)
Book 11: 532-594 (The Story Of Camilla)
Book 12: 791-796 + 803-812 + 818-828 (The Fate Of The Trojans Is Decided), 919-952 (The Final Battle of Aeneas and Turnus)
Virgil, Aeneid: Books 1-6
Latin Text + English Commentary
Virgil, Aeneid: Books 1-12
Pure Latin
Letters
Pliny The Younger's Letters, a.k.a. Epistulae, is a series of personal letters that shows the life and history in/of 1st CE Roman Empire. According to College Board, we should read these selected lines in Latin:
Book 6: Letters 4 + 7 (Letters to Calpurnia), Letter 16 (Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Pliny the Elder), Letter 20 (Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Pliny the Younger)
Book 7: Letter 27 (Ghosts and Apparitions)
Book 10: Letters5 + 6 +7 (LetterstoEmperorTrajan,CitizenshipforPliny’sDoctor), Letters 37 + 90 (Letters to Emperor Trajan, Aqueducts)
Letters, Pliny: Books 1-10
Pure Latin
English Translations
Aeneid
For Virgil's Aeneid, it is also required that we read the English translation of Book 1, Book 2, Book 4, Book 6, Book 8, and Book 12.
Virgil, Aeneid: Books 1-12
Pure English
Letters
We don't necessarily have to read the full-length English translation of Pliny's Letters. Still, a copy is provided here so we can check out the standard translation while poring through the Latin texts.
Letters, Pliny: Books 1-10
Pure English
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