Character A
- Tax collector (Patrician)
- Distant relative of the emperor
- Owns a large land (where Characters C and F works)
- Grew up with a private tutor, received education in
reading, writing, horseback riding
- Having a big feast where she will invite the Senator
(Character B)
- Lives in a big domus with her slaves (Character K and M.
Character G used to be her slave)
Character C
- Peasant (Plebian)
- Works in the farmland of Character A
- Saving money because she wants to move into an
insulae. She does not have a home.
- She is going to get free flour that is being given out by
the State next week
- Went to watch a gladiator vs. lion game at Coliseum last
weekend (where Character N fought)
Character E
- Merchant (Plebian)
- Sells oil and wheat at the forum.
- Lives in an insulae. Saving money because she wants to
move into a better insulae.
- Went to watch a gladiator vs. lion game at Coliseum last
weekend (where Character N fought)
- Went to listen to a public debate held by the Senate
today (that Character B was part of)
Character G
- Peasant (Freedman)
- Used to be a slave for Character A, but saved enough
money to buy freedom from her master.
- She went to find work in the public office but she was
denied because she was a freedman.
- Likes going to a thermae (public bath)
- Went to watch a gladiator vs. lion game at Coliseum last
weekend (where Character N fought)
Character B
- Senator
- Just came back from a big public debate that was held by
the Senate she is part of.
- She is planning to give out free flour for poor people
next week.
- Going to Character A’s dinner tonight
- Lives in a big domus with her slaves (Character L.
Character J used to be her slave.)
Character D
- Artisan (Plebian)
-Grew in a craftsman family who has made stained glass
for years.
- Sells her crafts at the forum.
- Lives in an insulae.
- Went to listen to a public debate held by the Senate
today (that Character B was part of)
Character F
- Peasant (Plebian)
- Works in the farmland of Character A
- Born in a poor Plebian family. Siblings with Character I
- Lives in an insulae.
- Likes going to a thermae (public bath)
- Wants to run as a senator but she can’t, because she is a
Plebian.
Character H
- Peasant (Freedman)
- Was a slave for Character B, but saved enough money to
buy freedom from her master.
- Lives in an insulae. Wants to save more money so she
can build her own domus.
- Her insulae recently got a new source of water from the
newly built aqueduct (that Character J’s troop built).
Character I
- Soldier (Legionnaire, Plebian)
- Born in a poor Plebian family, volunteered to become a
solider. (Siblings with Character F)
- Likes to gamble. Spends all of her payment as a solider in
gambling.
- Wants to become a centurion so she can be promoted to
a higher social rank.
Character K
- Slave
- Born to a slave mother & father
- Serves her master, Character A
- Lives in her master’s domus. Sleeps outside her master’s
door at night.
- She is going to get free flour that is being given out by
the State next week
Character M
- Slave
- Was a citizen of a neighbor country. Was captured as a
slave when her country lost in a war
- Serves her master, Character A
- She is going to get free flour that is being given out by
the State next week
Character O
- Gladiator
- Was a slave before. Her master sold her as a gladiator
- Went to a gladiator training school
- She is going to get free flour that is being given out by
the State next week
- Planning a rebellion with Character N
Character J
- Soldier (Freedman)
- Was a slave for Character B, but saved enough money to
buy freedom from her master.
- Joined the army, but because she is not a citizen she
could not become a legionnaire.
- Her troop helped building the new aqueduct in the city.
Character L
- Slave
- Abandoned as a child in her master’s home because her
family was too poor to raise her
- Serves her master, Character B
- Saving money to free herself from her master, to
become a freedman.
Character N
- Gladiator
- Born in a poor slave family, couldn’t stand poverty, so
volunteered to be a gladiator
- Fought a lion at a game at the Coliseum last weekend
- Wants to save money so she can buy a big domus
- Planning a rebellion with Character O