We were delighted to welcome twelve students of AS Latin from local sixth forms, including our own, to a seminar on one of the texts set for AS Latin this year. The text was In Catilinam 1, Cicero's highly rhetorical speech attacking Catiline on charges of conspiring against the Roman Republic. Each student contibuted to the seminar with a brief presentation on one aspect of the text, which led to some spirited discussion. The Undercroft proved an ideal venue for the event. We hope that this seminar will be the first of many of its kind. Literature needs discussion and the sixth formers impressed their teachers with their capacity to debate the text.
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