Lucius Caecilius Iucundus
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Lucius Caecilius Iucundus was a banker who lived in the Roman town of Pompeii in the first century AD. His house still stands, and can be seen in the ruins of Pompeii. It was partially destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. This house is known for its beauty, along with some material found about bank book-keeping, and also some wax tablets, which were receipts.
Book One of the Cambridge Latin Course is a fictional account based on the story of Caecilius. In the book he had a wife - Metella (which means "little basket of stones") and a son, Quintus, the latter on whom the later books are based.
While the Cambridge Latin Course suggests that Caecilius died in the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius, recent work suggests[1] that he actually perished in the AD 62 earthquake that preceded the eruption as the records of his negotiated contracts cease shortly before 5th February when this earthquake occurred.
[edit] References
- ^ Butterworth, Alex, Ray Laurence (2005). Pompeii: The Living City. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 13 978-0-7538-2076-6.
[edit] External links
- Some pictures: House and wall painting
- Caecilius at Nova Romama
- The Trick to Pompeii — a report on a tour of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus' house
- The Roman Family Caecilius
- German woodcut depicting the bas-relief from the house of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus
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