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Composite image featuring numerous fragments of colourful ancient glass.

Stage 18: Eutychus et Clēmēns

Clemens has been put in charge of a glasware shop by Quintus but he gets more than he bargained for. Dodgy dealings and a powerful enemy... a criminal gang wants a piece of the action!

Story explorers

Line drawing of a man and a woman standing next to the ransacked frontage of a glassware shop.
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taberna

One of Barbillus’ friends sells a shop to Quintus. Good location, bad history...

A colourful 'ribbon-glass' bowl from Alexandria.
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in officīnā Eutychī I

Clemens is keen to get started, but somebody likes the sound of breaking glass.

Line drawing of a glassmaking workshop with three craftsmen at work. The man in the foreground is blowing through a tube to produce a hollow bubble of glass.
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in officīnā Eutychī II

Eutychus offers a "business proposition", but will Clemens accept?

Line drawing of Clemens in his glassware shop showing a seated customer a glass bottle. A black cat sits nearby.
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Clēmēns tabernārius

Clemens makes friends and influences almost everybody.

Line drawing of a black cat leaping at Eutychus.
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prō tabernā Clēmentis

Fire! Clemens' shop burns down in mysterious circumstances - and his life is in danger. Will he flee or will he stand up to the ruffians? The fur flies when a feline friend comes to the rescue...

Detail from an ancient shroud made in Egypt. A wing and an ankh symbol can be seen.
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Practising the Language

mercātor fēlīx

A traveller is marooned on an island and has a very lucky escape.

Language activities

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Noun or adjective?

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Singular or plural?

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Which gender?

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Comparison

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Which person?

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Meanings