Scope and Sequence Narrative Unit 1

Cambridge Latin Course
Narrative: Scope and Sequence of North American Third Edition

Unit 1

STAGE	DATE A.D.	SETTING	CHARACTERS INTRODUCED	STORY LINE	CULTURAL BACKGROUND
1	79	Pompeii: Caecilius' house	Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, wife Metella, son Quintus, slaves Clemens and Grumio (cook), dog Cerberus	Cerberus steals food; Grumio gets angry.	Caecilius, Metella, Houses in Pompeii
2	79	Pompeii: Caecilius' house	amicus, ancilla	Dinner party: Grumio eats, drinks, flirts, as host and guest sleep.	Daily Life
3	79	Pompeii: Forum	Pantagathus (barber), Celer (painter), Sypahx (slave dealer), Melissa (slave girl)	Celer paints Hercules at Caecilius' house; Pantagathus angry at poet, cuts customer; Caecilius buys Melissa from Sypahx; Metella does not liek Melissa.	The Town of Pompeii
4	79	Pompeii: Forum	Hermogenes (merchant)	Hermogenes borrows money from Caecilius, refuese to repay; court scene: Caecilius wins.	The Forum
STAGE	DATE A.D.	SETTING	CHARACTERS INTRODUCED	STORY LINE	CULTURAL BACKGROUND
5	79	Pompeii: Theater	Actius (actor), Poppaea (slave girl), Lucrio (her master)	Holiday play attended by all Caecilius' household except Grumio. Poppaea has trouble getting Lucrio to go to play so she can meet her boyfriend, Grumio.	The Theater
6	79	Pompeii: Forum, tavern, Caecilius' house	freedman Felix	Quintus resuces Clemens and Grumio from dog, witnesses fight between farmer and Greek merchant, meets Felix in tavern, invites him home; story is told of how Felix earned his freedom by saving the infant Quintus from a kidnapper.	Slaves and Freedmen
7	79	Pompeii: Caecilius' house	Decens (guest), ghost of Pugnax (gladiator)	Felix, at Caecilius' banquet, tells story of werewolf. Decens fails to arrive, is killed by ghost of Pugnax.	Roman Beliefs about Life after Death
		Woods on Mt. Vesuvius; Pompeii: Caecilius' house	Gaius (friend of Quintus)	Quintus and Gaius go boar-hunting; Quintus kills boar, Metella consoles Melissa, who has been scolded by Grumio and Clemens.
8	59(sic)	Pompeii: Amphitheater	senator Regulus	Regulus gives gladiatorial show, which ends in a riot between Nucerians and Pompeians.	Gladiatorial Shows; the Riot at Pompeii
STAGE	DATE A.D.	SETTING	CHARACTERS INTRODUCED	STORY LINE	CULTURAL BACKGROUND
9	79	Pompeii: baths	Milo (athlete), Sceledrus, Anthrax (public slaves)	Quintus' brithday visit to baths with Caecilius. Milo hurls discus; Quintus throws it and damages Milo's statue, Sceledrus and Anthrax apprehend a toga thief.	The Baths
			Marcellus (mercator,)	Metella and Melissa buy Quintus a new toga for his birthday.
10	79	Pompeii: school Pompeii: Alexander's house Pompeii: tavern	Theodorus (teacher), Alexander (friend of Quintus), Diodorus and Thrasymachus (brothers of Alexander)	Debate: "Greeks are better than Romans"; Alexander wins: "Romans are imitators."Quarrel over presents for Alexander's 2 brothers: Quintus settles it by taking one for himself. Syphax pays tavern bill with old Egyptian ring; bad luck comes to all. Grumio and Poppaea eventually find it; What happens to them?	Schools
11	March 79	Pompeii: around the town (i.e. house of Marcus and Wuartus near the Amphitheater, Caecilius' house, the Forum)	Marcus and Quartus (brothers), Sulla (sign-painter), Holoconius and Afer (candidates)	Sulla makes profit by painting signs for brothers advertising their candidates. Gromio tries to earn money by voting illegally. Clemens earns 10 denarii by rescuing Caecilius from riot, goes out with Poppaea.	Local Government and Elections
12	August 24, 79	Pompeii: day of eruption	Julius (friend of Caecilius)	Trumoil: Clemens saves Julius, who then flees. Clemens finds Caecilius dying. Caecilius orders Clemens to find Quintus and give him signet ring. Caecilius dies, Clemens departs, Cerberus stands guard.	The Destruction and Excavation of Pompeii