Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": We never find out the name of the ianitor (doorkeeper).Later the merchant squabbles with the helmsman who gave the order, with the helmsman arguing that the lives of those aboard, including the merchant, are more valuable than the merchandise, and the merchant feeling that, without his fortune, his life is no longer worth living. Emergency Cargo Dump: A merchant is quite distressed when his goods are thrown overboard during a storm.The shepherd is the protagonist of Chapter 9, and reappears briefly in Chapter 27. Call-Back: Medus runs away in Chapter 6 Cornelius mentions having seen him in Chapter 31.Subverted by his coloni (tenant farmers), who work hard, pay rent, and are afraid of being thrown off their land.
Arcadia: Iulius enjoys his time at his villa in the countryside very, very much.In Fabellae Latinae, we find out that Aemilia was right. When Aemilia complains that men only want boys, Iulius insists that she misunderstood him and that of course he'd be just as happy with another daughter. When Aemilia tells Iulius that she's expecting, he's overjoyed at the prospect of another son.Why Marcus and Sextus fought on the way home from school.All There in the Manual: Colloquia Personarum and Fabellae Latinae are strictly supplemental works, but they do tell us such things as:.The main textbook of Pars II, Roma Aeterna, consists mainly of excerpts from Virgil, Livy, Ovid, and other classical authors, with supporting marginal notes and illustrations.įamilia Romana, Colloquia Personarum, and Fabellae Latinae provide examples of: