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Lizzie W May 2024 6:44pm, 12 May 2024 28,546 posts	0 Lizzie W Cleaned my boots after yesterday's gloopy bits. Looks perfect for a walk now.i don't do hot.
IdristheDragon May 2024 7:03pm, 12 May 2024 7,556 posts	0 IdristheDragon EvilPixie wrote:I’ll catch up on the Pompei thing during the week I do like history My Latin lessons way back when had a series of “text books” which were based on a family in Pompei I didn’t do Latin at school but my godmother was a classics teacher and so lent me some Latin books which had a family in Pompei. I vaguely remember Grumio who was maybe a cook
Ness May 2024 7:05pm, 12 May 2024 40,909 posts	0 Ness I didn't get the opportunity to do Latin at school but the books sound interesting.
HellsBells May 2024 7:08pm, 12 May 2024 33,542 posts	0 HellsBells We had Ecce Romani which featured a family with a daughter called Flavia. The kids had Cambridge Latin which had a family with a mother called Metella who always seemed to be sitting in the atrium
HellsBells May 2024 7:09pm, 12 May 2024 33,543 posts	0 HellsBells It was Cornelia, not Flavia
mrs shanksi May 2024 7:17pm, 12 May 2024 16,077 posts	0 mrs shanksi HellsBells I think Flavia was Cornelia's friend 😊. She had a brother called Sextus I think. We also used the Ecce Romani books and my Latin teacher was one of the teachers who helped write them many years ago.
Mazlin May 2024 7:21pm, 12 May 2024 12,420 posts	0 Mazlin Cambridge Latin is the one set in Pompei, featuring Caecillius, Quintus and Metella. At the end the volcano erupts and Caecillius dies when a wall falls on him(?) There’s a Dr Who episode where the Doctor ends up in Pompeii and meets them.
EvilPixie May 2024 7:22pm, 12 May 2024 54,180 posts	0 EvilPixie I only did it for a couple of years There was 4 of us in the class! Then I changed school
EvilPixie May 2024 7:23pm, 12 May 2024 54,181 posts	0 EvilPixie Watching a fascinating program on Disney plus about octopus 🐙
Velociraptor May 2024 7:33pm, 12 May 2024 68,893 posts	0 Velociraptor Cornelia es puella romana et in Italia habitat