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A reconstructed interior of a Roman bedroom, decorated with wall paintings

Stage 2: in villā

Caecilius' house is alive with activity - a business acquaintance is coming to dinner and Caecilius is hoping to impress him. Will the evening go smoothly or will it end in disaster? A lot depends upon the food – Grumio has been ordered to serve up a meal fit for a Roman banquet!

Story explorers

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Story Explorers display the stories of the CLC in an interactive format, allowing you to check vocabulary, grammar parsing and derivations.

Barbillus the merchant
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mercātor

Caecilius "wines and dines" his merchant friend. The food must be perfect, but the guest is fed up waiting and starting to get hungry!

Grumio carries a peacock on a tray above his head
Page 24

in triclīniō

It's now all down to the peacock- can a magnificent meal save the day?

Basket of fruit with a fish a crab and a jug
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Practising the Language

in culīnā

Grumio finds an univited guest in the kitchen.

Language activities

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Sorting Words asks you to drag and drop words to sort them by meaning, case, etc.

Words Endings gives you a sentence in English together with the same sentence in Latin, but with one or more endings to be chosen from a drop down list.

Vocab Testers are against the clock, multiple choice or type in, and can be set to all words in this stage, up to this stage, etc.

Reviewing the Language exercises are digital versions of exercises towards the back of the CLC textbooks.

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Sorting Words

Cases 1

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Sorting Words

Cases 2

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Sorting Words

Meanings

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Sorting Words

Nouns or Actions 1

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Sorting Words

Nouns or Actions 2

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Word Endings

Nouns

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Vocabulary Tester

Stage 2: Vocabulary Tester