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| The '''Caecilius''' family, a middle-class Roman family of four, lived in [[Pompeii]] in [[AD]] [[79]], just before the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]]. The head of the family was prosperous marble merchant [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus]]. [[Metella Caecilius Iucundus]] was his devout wife. Their children were rebellious youth [[Quintus Caecilius Iucundus]] and concecrated priestess [[Evelina Caecilius Iucundus]].
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| They were spared the fate of their fellow Pompeiians by the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s timely intervention. By early AD [[80]], the family had resettled in [[Rome]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[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]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Captain Jack's Monster Files]]'')
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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, while [[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, not a marble merchant.
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| * Caecilius may not have experienced the volcano as his banking records stopped shortly before an earthquake in [[62]], almost 20 years prior.
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Latest revision as of 23:35, 1 March 2014
