Stage 1: Caecilius and Metella

Read pages 8–10 in your book to complete the following activities. Who or what is being described below? Click on each description to associate it with one of the figures below (Caecilius, Metella, Pompeii, Slave). Caecilius worked as a banker worked as an auctioneer, tax collector, farmer, and money lender sold slaves, cloth, timber, and property had three names could vote in elections Metella ran the household supervised the slaves in the house named after father's clan Pompeii located near Mount Vesuvius was near the Bay of Naples had about 10,000 people Slave had only one name had no rights was considered property could not be put to death without good reason Fill in the blanks to explain Caecilius' trinomen.Click on the blanks to reveal the wordbank.Hint: you may want to review the handout with the list of Roman names for help in this activity. Caecilius's full name was Lucius Caecilius Iucundus.His praenomen was Lucius. Only his wife or other close relatives would call him Lucius.His nomen was Caecilius. This tells you which clan (extended family) he belonged to. In Roman society, clans were very important. Friends would call him by his nomen alone. Officials and acquaintances would call him by his praenomen and nomen together.His cognomen was Iucundus. This tells you which close family unit he belonged to. He would share this name with his sons. The most formal way to address him would be to use his praenomen, nomen, and cognomen together.