Book III takes a turn towards more difficult Latin, as fully-developed tense systems come to the fore. Hadrian is now seen to move through his early career as Trajan's right man, in campaigns against the Dacians. His marriage to Sabina is arranged and eventually, feeling slighted in Rome, he arrives in Athens, where he becomes Eponymous Archon. Consideration is given to his achievements in architecture and imperial consolidation. Antinous is discussed, as are other matters in Hadrian's rather difficult later life. Historical accuracy is one of the most abiding constants in the writing of this Latin course.

The linguistic content of Book III includes the full tense systems in Latin, presenting first the primary tenses and then the historic ones. Participles and complex structures such as conditional clauses and indirect statement feature towards the end of the book.

In each chapter of Book III, a carefully selected set of poems by Martial is presented for students to translate and discuss. Martial is the ideal author for students at school, because few of his poems are long enough to be dull, and many of them remain funny today.

Should you wish to make use of Graeculus in your school, please email me to discuss it. I am looking for partners who will contribute to the accuracy, development and presentation of the material, who will engage to support the project in return for free of charge access to the materials. As the project reaches a more commercial cycle in the next few years, I reserve the right to renegotiate this agreement.

I will make Book III available to those who express an interest in seeing it, if they agree to abide by the terms outlined above.