Metella

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Bust of Caecilius, Metella's Husband
Bust of Caecilius, Metella's Husband

Metella is a character in the first book of Cambridge Latin Course but she is based on a real citizen in Pompeii around AD 79. She does not have a big role in the book but does at times feature greatly. Like her husband Caecilius she perishs in the aftermath of the Mount Vesuvius eruption, leaving her son, Quintus, parentless.

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[edit] Relations

[edit] Family

Husband - Lucius Caecilius Iucundus
Son - Quintus Caecilius Iucundus
Sister - Rufilla
Brother-In-Law - Gaius Salvius Liberalis

[edit] Servants

Cook - Grumio
General Slave - Clemens
Slave Girl (ancilla) - Melissa [1]

[edit] Metella's Life

Metella living in a man's world had very little to do. However, her favourite hobbies in the book are Metella sedet and Metella clamans. Metella would have been quite well off with her husband being a rich banker and landowner and would have hosted many dinner party where they would eat treats such as peacock and dormouse.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cambridge Latin Course, Pompeii: Book 1, 1.
  2. ^ Butterworth and Laurence, Pompeii: The Living City, 2.