Scope and Sequence Narrative Unit 2

Cambridge Latin Course
Narrative: Scope and Sequence

Unit 2

STAGE	DATE A.D.	SETTING	CHARACTERS INTRODUCED	STORY LINE	CULTURAL BACKGROUND
13	Autumn, 82	Britain: Salvius' country estate	Gaius Salvius Liberalis (circuit judge in southern Britain),Rufilla (Salvius' wife), Varica (farm manager), Philus (accountant), Volubilis (house cook), Bregans (Farm slave), Loquax and Anti-Loquax (slaveboys), Pompeius Optatus (mine manager), Alator (mine slave), Cervix (head plowman)	Varica reports that Salvius, who killed a mine slave, has been wounded by slave's son. Salvius has demanded revenge. At inspection of estate slaves, Salvius strikes Bregans; the dog being led by Bregans attacks Salvius, but cannot be killed because iti is a gift of King Cogidubnus. Salvius orders Cervix sold because he is sick.	Salvius, Farming in Roman Britain
14	Autumn, 82	Britain: Salvius' country estate	Marcia (old slavewoman), Domitilla (slavegirl)	Salvius and Rufilla quarrel over country estate. Domitilla gets Volubilis to do her work. Rufilla uses Salvius' best furnishings to decorate a room for her relative Quintus. Quintus, who came earlier to Britain from Pompeii, has a present for Cogidubnus better than Salvius'.	The Romans in Britain
15	October 13, 82	Britain: Cogidubnus' palace	Cogidubnus (king of the Regnenses), Belimicus (Cantiacan chieftain), Dumnorix (Regnensian chieftain)	Cogidubnus sacrifices to deified Emperor Claudius and cremates his effigy. Boat race between Belimicus and Dumnorix: Belimicus' rashness leads to shipwreck, Dumnorix wins.	Cogidubnus, King of the Regnenses
STAGE	DATE A.D.	SETTING	CHARACTERS INTRODUCED	STORY LINE	CULTURAL BACKGROUND
16	Winter, 82 Flashback: Winter, 79-Autumn, 80	Britain: Cogidubnus' palace Athens, Alexandria	Emperor Vespasian	Belimicus tries to get revenge on Dumnorix by introducing a trained bear at a banquet. Bear attacks Cogidubnus; Quintus kills it. Quintus tells king his sad story; He sold his father's estates in the winter of 79, visited Athens in the spring an dsummer of 80, and moved to Alexandria in the autumn of 80. Cogidubnus tells Quintus about his palace: Emperor Vespasian built it in gratitude for the king's help during Roman invasion of Britain.	The Palace at Fishbourne
17	Flashback (Cont.) Winter, 80	Alexandria: around the city	Barbillus (wealthy merchant), Diogenes (Greek friend of Barbillus), Plancus (a bore)	Quintus, visiting Barbillus in Alexandria, is given Egyptian slave, who is killed when crowd attacks Diogenes' house where Quintus has taken refuge. Plancus bores Barbillus and Quintus in marketplace. Barbillus tells story of Arab merchant carried off by monstrous bird, from whose nest he stole jewels now owned by Barbillus.	Alexandria
STAGE	DATE A.D.	SETTING	CHARACTERS INTRODUCED	STORY LINE	CULTURAL BACKGROUND
18	Flashback (Cont.) Winter, 80	Alexandria: glassstores of Clemens and Eutychus	Eutychus ("protection" racketeer)	Clemens, for whom Quintus has bought a glass store, is harassed by Eutychus and his gang for refusal to pay protection money. He is saved by cat, sacred to goddess Isis, whose devotee Clemens has become.	Glassmaking in Alexandria, Egypt
19	Flashback (Cont.): March 5, 81	Alexandria: city and harbor	Aristo (Greek amateur tragedian), Galatea (his wife), Helena (their daughter)	Family quarrels between Aristo, Galatea and Helena provide a comic interlude to sacred procession of goddess Isis.	The Worship of Isis
	Flashback (Cont.): Spring, 81	Barbillus' estate on Nile river	Phormio (Barbilus' estate manager), Barbillus' personal astrologer	Barbillus' astrologer warns him against hunting; Barbillus goes hunting anyway, but, attacked by a hippopotamus and crocodiles, is wounded in melee by a spear.
20	Flashback (Cont.): Spring, 81	Barbillus' estate on Nile river	Petro (greek doctor), Plotina (Barbillus' (deceased) wife), Rufus (their son)	Astrologer's superstitious cures are scorned by Petro. Barbillus tells Quintus how his wife and son sailed to Greece against advice of astrologer. Plotina drowned at sea; he disinherited Rufus, who is now in Roman army in Britain. Barbillus dies of astrologer's cure, but first commissions Quintus to find Rufus and assure him of his father's forgiveness. Last will and testament of Barbillus.	Medicine and Science