VIL: Overview - Decimus' Journey

The image shows an illustration, depicting the scene in which Decimus sees Flavia in Pompeii.

Overview - Decimus' Journey

After repairing the water supply to the baths in Pompeii, Decimus is awarded some leisure time. He decides to explore the city of Pompeii. The streets are busy with merchants selling goods, locals stopping into shops and slaves running errands.

Just as Decimus turns off the main forum, he notices a beautiful woman across the way speaking to the local baker. Decimus immediately recognizes the woman: it's Flavia, the woman he helped after she was robbed. He notices that she is wearing the recovered golden fibula.

At that very moment, Flavia looked up and notices the brave soldier she met along the Via Appia. She smiles and graciously thanks Decimus. Then Flavia invites him to join her as she visits her friends Gaius Saturninus and Cassia, who live nearby in the city.

Study Guide

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Essential Questions

  1. How do you form, use and translate verbs in the perfect tense?
  2. How do you form, use and translate verbs in the pluperfect tense?
  3. How do you form, use and translate verbs in the future perfect tense?
  4. What are the basic verb terms in Latin (person, number, tense, conjugation, voice, mood, principal parts, verb stems, and infinitives)?
  5. How do you form, use and translate the irregular verb esse in the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect tense?
  6. What can you learn about Roman daily life in Pompeii?
  7. What does the floor plan of a Roman house look like?
  8. How were Roman houses decorated?

Key Terms

  1. Verb- A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is traditionally defined as a word that conveys an action or state of being. In Latin, a verb is a word that uses endings which indicate five characteristics which are person, number, tense, voice and mood. It additionally has non-finite uses (infinitive, participle, gerund).
  2. Person- The point of view of the subject, 1st, 2nd or 3rd person
  3. Number- Singular or Plural
  4. Tense- The time of action of the verb
  5. Conjugation- A family of verbs
  6. Voice- Active or Passive
  7. Mood- How the verb is used in a sentence -  Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive
  8. Principal parts- The essential forms of a Latin verb. They provide verbs stems.
  9. Verb stem- The basic form of a verb on which endings will be added. There are two main stems which are the present and perfect. Stems are obtained from the principal parts.
  10. Infinitive- The 2nd principal part of a verb, translates to + verb meaning. Also known as verbal noun.
  11. Perfect system- System of tenses formed on the perfect stem.  The system includes perfect, pluperfect (also called past perfect) and future perfect tenses
  12. Perfect tense- A past completed action
  13. Pluperfect tense- An action which occurred earlier than a previously referenced past action (had)
  14. Future Perfect tense- An action that will occur before another referenced future action (will have)
  15. Irregular Verb- A verb that does not follow a regular pattern
  16. Villa -  a country house or estate
  17. Pompeii- Roman city in central Italy near Naples
  18. Mosaic - images made by small pieces of glass, stone or other material
  19. Fresco - mural wall painting over plaster

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