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An ancient coin depicting a ship passing a lighthouse. Greek lettering can be seen at the bottom.

Stage 17: Alexandrīa

Welcome to Egypt... welcome to Alexandria, one of the greatest and most dazzling cities in the Roman Empire. Through the next four Stages we experience the sights and sounds of this vibrant city in flash-back through the vivid memories of Quintus who stayed here with Barbillus, a family-friend, before travelling to Britain.

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.

Line drawing of a ships in full sail arriving in the harbour at Alexandria past the Pharos lighthouse, from the top of which smoke is billowing.
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ad portum I

Lucia and Quintus take a trip with Barbillus through the city, but it quickly becomes clear that they have a lot to learn about this city and its history.

Lin drawing of people milling about in a street. A group of Roman soldiers can be seen patrolling.
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ad portum II

Thanks to the kindness of a stranger and the quick-thinking of Barbillus, Quintus and Lucia are safe. But others are not so fortunate…

A marble statue of the god serapis with a corn measure on top of his head.
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ad templum

Need a tour-guide to the city and its temples? Quintus and Barbillus know just the person!

Mosaic of a colourful exotic bird inside a square border.
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trēs avēs

Philosophy is put to the test down at the Museum.

Line drawing of Volubilis the cook standing in his kitchen. Vessels and ingredients on a shelf as well as a pot on a stove can be seen in the background.
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Practising the Language

lībum Aegyptium

Quintus asks Volubilis to make a special cake for Togidubnus.

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

Singular or plural?

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Sorting Words

Characters

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Sorting Words

Which person?

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Sorting Words

Verb or noun?

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Sorting Words

Meanings