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| The '''Caecilius''' family, a middle-class Roman family of four, lived in [[Pompeii]] in [[Early human history#1st century|A.D. 79]], just before the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]].
| | #REDIRECT [[Lobus Caecilius]] |
| ==Family members==
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| *'''Father''': prosperous marble merchant [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus]]
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| *'''Mother''': devout housewife [[Metella Caecilius Iucundus]]
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| *'''Son''': rebellious youth [[Quintus Caecilius Iucundus]]
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| *'''Daughter''': concecrated priestess [[Evelina Caecilius Iucundus]]
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| They were spared the fate of their fellow Pompeiians by the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]]'s timely intervention. By early A.D. [[Early_human_history#1st_century_A.D.|80]], the family had resettled in [[Rome]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'') One of the family--likely [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus|Lucius]]--wrote an account of their escape from Pompeii; the scroll was recovered in a [[1923]] archaeological expedition by Professor [[Livesy-Smythe]].
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| ==Behind the Scenes==
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| *The Caecilius family are based on stock characters used in Latin textbooks.
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| *In the Latin textbooks, only [[Quintus]] survives the eruption and [[Evelina]] did not exist.
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| *The Caecilius family did actually exist, but without Evelina, and you can still see their house at Pompeii.
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| *Caecilius was actually a banker.
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| *Caecilius may not have experienced the volcano as his Banking records stopped shortly before a earthquake in 62 A.D almost 20 years prior.
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| [[Category:1st century individuals]]
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| [[Category:Families]]
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| [[Category:Allies of the Tenth Doctor]]
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Latest revision as of 23:35, 1 March 2014
