Cambridge Latin Course - Recurring Characters

Recurring Characters

• Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, banker, father of Quintus, usually referred to as Caecilius.
• Quintus Caecilius Iucundus, son of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus and Metella.
• Metella, Caecilius' wife, Quintus' mother.
• Grumio, their adventurous cook, who is often drunk.
• Poppaea, Grumio's lover, also a slave, appeared to have a short fling with Clemens at one time.
• Lucrio, Poppaea's elderly master
• Hermogones, stole money from Caecilius and was later convicted in court
• Clemens, a loyal, clever slave whom Quintus frees later. He then sets up a glassware shop in Alexandria
• Cerberus, the Iucundus family dog that dies in Pompeii.
• Melissa, a very beautiful slave girl bought by Caecilius. It is sporadically suggested that she has some relationship with Clemens.
• Syphax, a slave trader, presumably from the Middle East.
• Felix, a former slave of Caecilius, saved infant Quintus from a robber
• Marcus, Roman citizen, brother of Quartus
• Quartus, Roman Citizen, brother of Marcus
• Sulla, scribe who finds himself in the middle of a feud between Marcus and Quartus
• Julius, friend of Caecilius
• Marcus Holconius Rufus, Politician & Patron of Pompeii whom Caecilius befriends
• Gaius Salvius Liberalis, a wealthy, devious senator
• Rufilla, Salvius's wife, relative of Quintus
• Bregans, a lazy British slave
• Loquax, slave known for singing
• Anti-Loquax, twin of Loquax, known for dancing
• Volubilis, Egyptian cook, slave of Salvius
• Varica, Salvius' slave manager
• Philus, learned slave of Salvius
• Domitillia, deceptive slavegirl of Rufilla
• Barbillus, a wealthy Alexandrian
• Rufus, Barbillus' son and heir, searched for by Quintus
• Eupor, Rufus's Greek friend
• Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, King of the Regnenses tribe in Britain, friend of Salvius
• Belimicus, a greedy Briton, chief of the Cantiaci and rival of Dumnorix
• Dumnorix, an honest Briton, chief of the Regnenses and rival of Belimicus
• Lucius Marcius Memor, a lazy, greedy, obese haruspex (soothsayer)
• Cephalus, Memor's assistant
• Modestus, a simple, clumsy, Roman soldier stationed in Britain
• Strythio, a friend and fellow soldier of Modestus
• Vilbia, native Briton, admirer of Modestus
• Bulbus, admirer of Vilbia
• Q. Haterius Latronianus, friend and client of Salvius, an architect in Rome
• Euphrosyne, a Greek philosopher
• Paris, a pantomime actor
• Myropnous, a dwarf pipe player, friend of Paris
• Domitian, emperor of Rome
• Domitia, his wife, in an affair with Paris
• Epaphroditus, a freedman of the emperor
• Manius Acilius Glabrio, aristocrat
• Gaius Helvidius Lupus, his friend
• Martial, a famous poet
• Sparsus, senator
• Clemens, a relative of the emperor
• Flavia, his wife
• Polla, their daughter, in love with Helvidius but betrothed to Sparsus
• Titus, their son, made heir to the emperor
• Publius, their other son, also made heir to the emperor