Cool websites

Certamen Questions
• http://www.geocities.com/bwduncan/
English roots (very worthwhile)
• http://www.ket.org/Education/latin/p1.html
• http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/cliche.htm
Phrases
• http://www.mtdaily.com/mt1/latin.html
State mottos
• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7013/statemottoes.html
Mythology quizzes
• http://eleaston.com/lit-qz.html#myths
Gods and Goddesses family tree
• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/mythology/roman_family_tree.html&sw=false&sn=4444&d=/mythology&edu=mid&br=graphic&cd=false&fr=f&tour=
Map of imperial expansion.
• http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/firsteuro/roman.html
Imperial family trees.
• http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/stemmata/stemmata.html
Roman life (wow!)
• http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/
Vocab and grammar exercises
• http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/latin/wheelock/contents.htm (excellent)
• http://www.quia.com/pages/wh2001gold.html (excellent)
• http://homepage.mac.com/speakup/Free_Latin/FileSharing12.html
• http://www.vis-ed.com/catalog/011-3.html (vocab flashcards)
General (lots to explore)
• http://eleaston.com/latin.html
Fun
• http://www.guernsey.net/~jim/latine.html
Motto generator
• http://www.inrebus.com/latinmottogenerator.php
Crosswords
• http://www.interrete.de/spiele/kreuzwortraetsel/englishcrosswords/index.htm

This Week's Gospel in Latin (Mark 13: 33-37)

{13:33} Videte, vigilate, et orate : nescitis enim quando tempus sit.

{13:34} Sicut homo qui peregre profectus reliquit domum suam, et dedit servis suis potestatem cujusque operis, et janitori præcepit ut vigilet,

{13:35} vigilate ergo (nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniat : sero, an media nocte, an galli cantu, an mane),

{13:36} ne, cum venerit repente, inveniat vos dormientes.

{13:37} Quod autem vobis dico, omnibus dico : Vigilate.

This Week's Gospel in Latin (Matthew 25: 31-46)

{25:31} Cum autem venerit Filius hominis in majestate sua, et omnes angeli cum eo, tunc sedebit super sedem majestatis suæ :
{25:32} et congregabuntur ante eum omnes gentes, et separabit eos ab invicem, sicut pastor segregat oves ab hædis :
{25:33} et statuet oves quidem a dextris suis, hædos autem a sinistris.
{25:34} Tunc dicet rex his qui a dextris ejus erunt : Venite benedicti Patris mei, possidete paratum vobis regnum a constitutione mundi :
{25:35} esurivi enim, et dedistis mihi manducare : sitivi, et dedistis mihi bibere : hospes eram, et collegistis me :
{25:36} nudus, et cooperuistis me : infirmus, et visitastis me : in carcere eram, et venistis ad me.
{25:37} Tunc respondebunt ei justi, dicentes : Domine, quando te vidimus esurientem, et pavimus te : sitientem, et dedimus tibi potum ?
{25:38} quando autem te vidimus hospitem, et collegimus te : aut nudum, et cooperuimus te ?
{25:39} aut quando te vidimus infirmum, aut in carcere, et venimus ad te ?
{25:40} Et respondens rex, dicet illis : Amen dico vobis, quamdiu fecistis uni ex his fratribus meis minimis, mihi fecistis.
{25:41} Tunc dicet et his qui a sinistris erunt : Discedite a me maledicti in ignem æternum, qui paratus est diabolo, et angelis ejus :
{25:42} esurivi enim, et non dedistis mihi manducare : sitivi, et non desistis mihi potum :
{25:43} hospes eram, et non collegistis me : nudus, et non cooperuistis me : infirmus, et in carcere, et non visitastis me.
{25:44} Tunc respondebunt ei et ipsi, dicentes : Domine, quando te vidimus esurientem, aut sitientem, aut hospitem, aut nudum, aut infirmum, aut in carcere, et non ministravimus tibi ?
{25:45} Tunc respondebit illis, dicens : Amen dico vobis : Quamdiu non fecistis uni de minoribus his, nec mihi fecistis.
{25:46} Et ibunt hi in supplicium æternum : justi autem in vitam æternam.

This Week's Gospel in Latin (Matthew 25: 14-30)

{25:14} Sicut enim homo peregre proficiscens, vocavit servos suos, et tradidit illis bona sua.

{25:15} Et uni dedit quinque talenta, alii autem duo, alii vero unum, unicuique secundum propriam virtutem : et profectus est statim.

{25:16} Abiit autem qui quinque talenta acceperat, et operatus est in eis, et lucratus est alia quinque.

{25:17} Similiter et qui duo acceperat, lucratus est alia duo.

{25:18} Qui autem unum acceperat, abiens fodit in terram, et abscondit pecuniam domini sui.

{25:19} Post multum vero temporis venit dominus servorum illorum, et posuit rationem cum eis.

{25:20} Et accedens qui quinque talenta acceperat, obtulit alia quinque talenta, dicens : Domine, quinque talenta tradidisti mihi, ecce alia quinque superlucratus sum.

{25:21} Ait illi dominus ejus : Euge serve bone, et fidelis : quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam ; intra in gaudium domini tui.

{25:22} Accessit autem et qui duo talenta acceperat, et ait : Domine, duo talenta tradidisti mihi, ecce alia duo lucratus sum.

{25:23} Ait illi dominus ejus : Euge serve bone, et fidelis : quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam ; intra in gaudium domini tui.

{25:24} Accedens autem et qui unum talentum acceperat, ait : Domine, scio quia homo durus es ; metis ubi non seminasti, et congregas ubi non sparsisti :

{25:25} et timens abii, et abscondi talentum tuum in terra : ecce habes quod tuum est.

{25:26} Respondens autem dominus ejus, dixit ei : Serve male, et piger, sciebas quia meto ubi non semino, et congrego ubi non sparsi :

{25:27} oportuit ergo te committere pecuniam meam numulariis, et veniens ego recepissem utique quod meum est cum usura.

{25:28} Tollite itaque ab eo talentum, et date ei qui habet decem talenta :

{25:29} omni enim habenti dabitur, et abundabit : ei autem qui non habet, et quod videtur habere, auferetur ab eo.

{25:30} Et inutilem servum ejicite in tenebras exteriores : illic erit fletus, et stridor dentium.

Minutes from the October Triumvirate Meeting

Triumvirate Meeting

Monday November 3 2008

Duration: 8:43 - 9:55 p.m.

 Discussed

Convention Planning Meeting Agenda:

Date: Monday November 17, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Opening Prayer - Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Song - JCL Song [M.Z. is to learn it on the violin]

Closing Prayer - Regina Coeli

Convention Planning: M.B. will provide the order that each aspect of the convention will be approached.

Skit: Antigone [summery to be provided by M.Z.]

The skit will be prop-less and costume-less to save time.

Note

The Triumvirate has decided that the subject of each skit will be chosen from three categories in rotation:

–    Iliad/ Odyssey 
–    Gods/Heroes
–    Classical History

A volunteer will be requested for the snack in the e-mail to the group.

Respectfully submitted,

P.F.  

This Week's Bible in Latin (John 2:13-22)

{2:13} Et prope erat Pascha Judæorum, et ascendit Jesus Jerosolymam :

{2:14} et invenit in templo vendentes boves, et oves, et columbas, et numularios sedentes.

{2:15} Et cum fecisset quasi flagellum de funiculis, omnes ejecit de templo, oves quoque, et boves, et numulariorum effudit æs, et mensas subvertit.

{2:16} Et his qui columbas vendebant, dixit : Auferte ista hinc, et nolite facere domum patris mei, domum negotiationis.

{2:17} Recordati sunt vero discipuli ejus quia scriptum est : Zelus domus tuæ comedit me.

{2:18} Responderunt ergo Judæi, et dixerunt ei : Quod signum ostendis nobis, quia hæc facis ?

{2:19} Respondit Jesus, et dixit eis : Solvite templum hoc, et in tribus diebus excitabo illud.

{2:20} Dixerunt ergo Judæi : Quadraginta et sex annis ædificatum est templum hoc, et tu in tribus diebus excitabis illud ?

{2:21} Ille autem dicebat de templo corporis sui.

{2:22} Cum ergo resurrexisset a mortuis, recordati sunt discipuli ejus, quia hoc dicebat, et crediderunt scripturæ et sermoni quem dixit Jesus.

This Week's Gospel in Latin (John 11:17-27)

{11:17} Venit itaque Iesus: et invenit eum quattuor dies iam in monumento habentem.

{11:18} (Erat autem Bethania iuxta Ierosolymam quasi stadiis quindecim.)

{11:19} Multi autem ex Iudæis venerant ad Martham, et Mariam, ut consolarentur eas de fratre suo.

{11:20} Martha ergo ut audivit quia Iesus venit, occurrit illi: Maria autem domi sedebat.

{11:21} Dixit ergo Martha ad Iesum: Domine, si fuisses hic, frater meus non fuisset mortuus:

{11:22} Sed et nunc scio quia quæcumque poposceris a Deo, dabit tibi Deus.

{11:23} Dicit illi Iesus: Resurget frater tuus.

{11:24} Dicit ei Martha: Scio quia resurget in resurrectione in novissimo die.

{11:25} Dixit ei Iesus: Ego sum resurrectio, et vita: qui credit in me, etiam si mortuus fuerit, vivet:

{11:26} et omnis, qui vivit, et credit in me, non morietur in æternum. Credis hoc?

{11:27} Ait illi: Utique Domine, ego credidi, quia tu es Christus Filius Dei vivi, qui in hunc mundum venisti.

Minutes from the October Meeting

The Decliner

Journal for the Dead Language Latin Club

Minutes Issue                                                                               Editor: Michèle Mot Juste

October 20, 2008

Meeting Minutes

Starting time: 7:06 p.m.

Opening Prayer

Pater Noster

 Song

Gaudeamus Igitur (the song was sung in rousing tones)

 Events

 Certamen: T.G. was given the steering oar, and the game proceeded with much vim.

The teams (Secretarial, Vice-Presidential, and Presidential) were placed as follows:

• Third Place - the Vice-Presidential team, with 50 points

• Second Place - the Presidential team, with 75 points

• First Place - the Secretarial team, with 105 points

Trireme building contest: The time allowed for each team to create their trireme was 30 minutes and the materials masking tape and popsicle sticks. At the end of the time allotment the judges conferred and delivered the following scores:

• Third Place - the Vice Presidential team, with 7 points

• Second Place - the Secretarial team, with 13 points

• First Place - the Presidential team, with 15 points

There will be more on the triremes in the Art Column.

 

Business

Treasurer’s Report: The coffers contain $37.02

Moderators report: The contents of the report are as follows:

– List of members must be created.

– The dues have changed. It is now $2 for state dues, $2 for national dues, and $10 for the club as a whole.

– Convention information is now out on the web at www.wjcl.org.

– Prepared oratory. Prepared oratory is the one convention category that has not been entered by a member of the club, and if possible Dr. Gotcher would like someone to attempt it this year.

– This year’s theme is, The level of success is limited only by our imagination. It was immediately suggested that the symbol of Robinson Industries be put on this year’s door.

–  A date is needed for the Saturnalia party. The triumvirate will deliberate with the moderators and announce their decision as soon as may be.

– Planning meeting. The November meeting will be the convention planning meeting.

– Everyone who is taking the National Latin Exam must be signed up by January.

President’s Report: A library of some 300 books [all of a classical nature] is in the possession of J.B. and L.Z. and is currently deposited at the Z’s house. If you are in need of a particular title or subject, e-mail Mrs. Z or go on the web site; the address of which will be sent out shortly.

Vox Populi: K.M. stresses the vital importance of cough drops.

Closing Prayer

Salve Regina

End time: 9:06 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

P.F., Secretary

 

Memorable Quotes of the Day 

“I love us!” - K.M.

“One ream to rule them all.” Secretarial Triremers

“E., M., and C. are one brain.” - N.G.

“I want a grape.” - P.F.

Memorable Happening

M. caught the jar. 

Art Column

By the Editor

            Whether you are for or against the idea of building competitions, there can by no disputing the fact that the products of Monday’s contest were very thought provoking and fraught with the psychology of the individual. The categories: Creativity, Authenticity and Aesthetic Appeal were personified in the predominant characteristics of the three triremes.

Aesthetic Appeal was given material shape in the trireme produced by the Vice-President’s team. Though lacking a few trireme-ish aspects, this piece was of pleasing form and clever construction.

Authenticity took shape in the hands of the team led by the Secretary. Unfortunately, this is all that can really be said in praise of a boat that looks like a cross between the Flying Dutchman and an over indulgence of the taping instinct.

Lastly, Creativity was personified by the trireme constructed by the President’s team.

This entries chief feature, its sail, was interesting in the extreme, and its value is in no way lessened by the information that the rest of it was constructed after the ten minute warning.

All in all it was most charming to watch the club’s artistic sensibilities take concrete form, and I look forward to having the pleasure repeated.

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Winning Trireme

Here is the winning entry for the craft at the October meeting.  The craft was triremes made from popcicle sticks and masking tape.

More from the October meeting

Second and third place entrys and the making of the triremes.

Minutes from the September Triumvirate Meeting

Triumvirate Meeting

Sunday September 14 2008

Duration: 7:30 - 9:10 p.m.

 Discussed

 Certamen:

 For the convention - Study categories to be assigned to different students in each level

 Tentative category assignments:

 Level 2: E.Z. - Generals & Battles

 Level 3: J.V.H. - Emperors & Wives, M.B. - Generals & Battles, M.Z. - Literature or Maps

In the club - Advanced students are to be team captains.

 Next Meeting’s Agenda

 We will be building Roman Triremes with a variety of materials, the main one being popsicle sticks.

 It is decided that attendance will be taken and will be put in the minutes.

 Meeting location will be rotated on a Gotchers, west, Gotchers, west rotation.

 Meetings will be on third Mondays from 7:00 - 9:00.

 Group play

 Discussed idea of group play to be performed at Saturnalia and cast prior to it.

 

 Respectfully submitted,

P.F. 

Secretary

Minutes from the August Triumvirate Meeting

Triumvirate Meeting

Friday August 29 2008

Duration: 10:07 - 12:19 a.m.

 Discussed

 Blog

 Time dues are to be paid

 Alumni party (summer 09)

 Balloting method (ballots will not be read when they are cast)

 Club attending Latin Mass

 Agenda:

 Prayers - Pater Noster, Salve Regina

 Song - Gaudeamus Igitur

 Explanation

 Skit - Descent of Odysseus into Hades

 

Respectfully submitted,

 P.F. 

Secretary

Minutes from the September Meeting

The Decliner

Journal for the Dead Language Latin Club

 Minutes Issue                                                                                         Editor: Michèle Mot Juste

September 13, 2008

Meeting Minutes

 Starting time: 6:32 p.m.

 Opening Prayer

Pater Noster

 Song

Gaudeamus Igitur

 Events

 Explanation: A brief explanation of the Latin Club was given by the President.

 Introduction: All members were introduced.

 Game: Detur gloria soli Deo

 Skit: The Descent of Odysseus into Hades

            Teams for the skit were led by the President, Vice President, and Secretary, respectively.  The moderators, in their capacity as judges, after grave deliberation, awarded the places as follows:

•  Third Place - the Presidential team
  
• Second Place - the Secretarial team
• First Place - the Vice Presidential team

There will be more on the skits in the Art Column.

 Business

 President’s Report: The President’s report was, as far as I can remember, non-existent.

 Treasurer’s Report: The club stock contains $82.02.

 Moderator’s report: Dr. Gotcher talked about:

 Preparing for convention

The idea is to assign the different study areas (Literature, Emperors, Generals/Battles, and Maps) to different people within each level.

Dues

These are to be paid at the October meeting.

Brief discussion about the blog

Number of authors to be kept minimal.

Finance

$45 is to be deducted from the treasury for Dr. Gotcher’s membership in the American Classical League.

 Also, should the remaining funds be spent on Saturnalia or study material?

 Closing Prayer

Salve Regina

End time: 8:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

P.F., Secretary

Art Column

By the Editor

 

            The skits on the Thirteenth of September were all very unique in flavor. If they had anything in common it was their general tendency toward humor, but they were, on the whole, well executed.

 

            As I have alluded to humor as a point of comparison for all the skits, I will evaluate them on that head.

           

            The first to be performed that evening was by the Vice-President and her associates. Its humor was of a subtle type, with the exception, possibly, of Circe’s “valley girl” jive and the Boat.

           

            The next, performed by the president’s team, was more lighthearted and will go down in history chiefly for its spruce military Odysseus, its British Elpenor, and the resemblance of the blind prophet to a fashion designer.

           

            The skit directed by the Secretary was staged last. At this point I, the Editor, am somewhat at a loss; for while it pains me to speak ill of a colleague, I must be truthful. The skit was a vulgar affair, very American, decently historical, but stooping to such lows as referring to Poseidon, the Earth Shaker, as P-dog.

 

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Eques for life on Youtube

Here is eques for life Juliana Bridge in a Youtube video recording of a Latin dialogue at Wyoming Catholic College. Congrats for making the big time!

Sancta Missa

I may have linked to this before, but since we are talking about going to a Latin Mass, I thought this might be useful to prepare for it. Sancta Missa has everything you would want to know about the 1962 missal, including videos, chants, rubrics, and spirituality.

Latin LIves Online Newspaper

They are looking for staff and subscribers. Here are the details:

Dear Recipients of This E-mail:

Latin Lives is a small online
newspaper produced by high school students. We are currently looking this coming year's staff (editors, a tech.-coordinator, and writers) and subscribers. The attached document includes more information on the newspaper as well as how to apply and/or subscribe to Latin Lives. Students, please take the time to apply for a staff position; the applications are due Monday, October 6, 2008. Teachers, please share this information with your students and fellow Latin teachers; you are the main medium through which Latin Lives can disseminate information to potential staff
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Latin
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Latin Lives Newspaper

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To apply for the position of editor, please read the sample paragraph (on the last page of this document) and send back a corrected copy including any grammatical or stylistic corrections you would make to it. Additionally, submit a list of your qualifications for the position (any previous newspaper or writing experience, etc.) and a brief essay 100-200 words explaining why you would like the position and what you could bring to Latin Lives.

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If you would like to add your name to the list of official contributors, send David Davenport an e-mail with the required information listed above (name, school, etc.), and he will send you periodic e-mails listing possible article topics and informing you of the deadlines for submissions. Becoming a Latin Lives contributing writer is a great way to get your writing published online!

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In my school, ou don’t have to take latin. But i wanted to. So I learned Latin one in magistra Martins class, period 5. I wanted to learn about latin so to help my s.a.t. scores, due to the fact that Latin improves your vocabulary. Plus I enjoy roman and greek stuff, like gladiaters and mythology. Their cool. I’m glad I taking Latin and I hope I’d take it again next year, maybe even learn Greek someday.

Skits

DSC_7461, originally uploaded by Chez VH.

Tiresias and Odysseus

DSC_7470, originally uploaded by Chez VH.

Odysseus at the Gates of Hades

DSC_7482, originally uploaded by Chez VH.

Odysseus and the Shades

DSC_7465, originally uploaded by Chez VH.

Latin Club Meeting - September 2008

Last Night's Meeting

Last night's meeting was wonderful. We had a great crowd. The evening began with the prayer, "Veni, Sancte Spiritus." Next we had the song/round "Pauper Sum Ego," a student commercium from the middle ages. After that, Certamen, a game show type contest about Roman and Greek language, culture and history. Team C, captained by N.G., won.

Following that there was the presentation of the awards from the Wisconsin Junior Classical League convention in January. We won first place in Spirit for small schools. We also won first in the war machine contest, the men's costume contest, and the drawing contest. We won various individual ribbons for the twelve subject tests that the delegates participated in. It was a nice celebration of our accomplishments.

In the business part of the meeting we began with voting on amendments to the bylaws. The revised bylaws will be posted soon. Next, the president's report and valediction, the treasurer's report and the moderator's report.

Finally, we had the elections. After wonderful speeches--the best in club history--we elected the following: for the Triumvirate; M. B.--president, M. Z.--vice president, P. F.--Secretary/treasurer: for the non-executive officers; K. M.--historian, E.Z.--technology coordinator.

Finally, we had the cake prepared by K.M. in celebration of a wonderful year full of fun and accomplishments and in celebration of the new things to come under the new administration. And, as M.B. said in her speech (or something like it), Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!

More Photos from the April Latin Club Meeting...

can be found here.

The Winning Horse Under Construction

IMG_2508, originally uploaded by Chez VH.

Trojan Horse

IMG_2517, originally uploaded by Chez VH.

Trojan Horse: Under Construction

IMG_2519, originally uploaded by Chez VH.

Habemus Papam

Here is the Wikipedia entry about the phrase, "Habemus Papam." It contains sound files of all the papal announcements since Pope Pius XII.

Bad News

After 2008-2009 there will be no AP Latin Literature exam. The American Classical League is determined to challenge the decision aggressively.

Latin Based entries in the New Catholic Dictionary

The 1910 New Catholic Dictionary was recently put online. There is a whole section concerning Latin phrases. It can be found here.

Veni, Sancte Spiritus

VENI, Sancte Spiritus,
reple tuorum corda fidelium,
et tui amoris in eis ignem accende.
V. Emitte Spiritum tuum et creabuntur;
R. Et renovabis faciem terrae.
Oremus:
DEUS, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti. Da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de eius semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

An Easter Hymn

For those that didn't take their sheet home with them:

Song: O Filii et Filiae

All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Men:
O filii et filiae,
Rex coelestis, Rex gloriae
morte surrexit hodie. Alleluia.

All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Women:
Et Maria Magdalene,
et Iacobi, et Salome
Venerunt corpus ungere. Alleluia.

All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Men:
In albis sedens angelus
praedixit mulieribus:
In Galilea est Dominus. Alleluia.

All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Women:
Discipulis astantibus,
in medio stetit Christus,
dicens: Pax vobis omnibus. Alleluia.

All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

A Canon lawyer encourages the study of Latin

For everyone.

Winning Drawing at the WJCL

Winning Cerberus Costume

The Latin Club's Prize-Winning Catapult

WJCL Latin Convention - GMCHE Results

The GMCHE Latin Club or it's Various Members Received the Following Recognitions at the 50th annual Wisconsin Junior Classical League State Convention in Madison:

WJCL Scholarship

Spirit Award, Small Schools - first place

War Machines - first place

Costume - couple - third place

Costume - boys - first place

Door Decoration Contest - second place

Scrapbook - third place

Group T-Shirt - seventh place

Drawing - first place

Impromptu Essay - Level 1 - 10th place
Level 2 - 10th place
Level 3 - 6th place

Written Test Place Results (Member scores falling among the top ten scores of all those who took the particular test):

Level One:

Latin Derivates - 5th place, 7th place

Latin Literature - 7th place

Mythology - 1st place

Pentathalon - 3rd place

Reading Comprehension - 8th place

Roman History - 3rd place, 9th place

Roman Private Life - 7th place, 9th place

Vocabulary - 9th place


Level Two:

Greek Derivatives - 2nd place, 5th place

Greek History - 7th place, 10th place

Latin Derivatives - 3rd place, 6th place

Latin Literature - 10th place

Mythology - 3rd place, 8th place

Pentathalon - 3rd place

Reading Comprehension - 8th place, 9th place

Roman History - 5th place, 9th place

Roman Private Life - 4th place, 10th place

Vocabulary - 7th place

Level Three:

Grammar - 10th place

Greek History - 3rd place

Latin Derivates - 5th place

Latin Literature - 8th place

Mottos - 6th place

Mythology - 2nd place

Pentathalon - 2nd place

Reading Comprehension - 7th place

Roman History - 10th place

Roman Private Life - 10th place