LA211B Final Paper:

We have spent this semester reading Vergil’s account of early Latium. Early Latium is important because its inhabitants, the Latins, having absorbed Aeneas’ Trojan refugees, would become the ancestors of the Roman race (at least according to Vergil). With this in mind write an essay, four to five typewritten pages in length, answering both of the following questions:

1. To judge from the parts of books 7 and 8 of the Aeneid read this semester, what, according to Vergil, were early Latium and the early Latins like?

2. To judge from the parts of books 7 and 8 of the Aeneid read this semester, what could we expect later Romans, the descendants of these early Latins and Trojan refugees, to be like?

In your paper cite one or more passages from books 7 and 8 to illustrate each point you make.  Refer to your illustrations using brief summaries (do not quote Vergil at length).  Choose illustrations that you feel best illustrate the point you are making.

There is a lot that can be said in answer to these two questions.  Try to cover as much ground as your can within the four-five page limit, but do not under any circumstances go over five pages.  If you have to leave anything out, be sure nothing you leave out is more important than anything you leave in.

Please include the following statement attached to your essay:

Any ideas or language that I have gotten from another source (other than Vergil or class) have been indicated with appropriate bibliographic citations. Any ideas or language not so indicated are my own.

Essays without this statement will not be accepted.

This paper is due at 8:00 am on Tuesday, May 11, the day and time assigned by the Registrar for the final exam in this course.  Send your paper as a Word document attached to an e-mail addressed to rosivach@fairfield.edu.  Printed hard copies of papers will not be accepted.  Your paper, with comments and grades, will be returned to you by e-mail shortly after the exams are over.