His father saw to his physical education, teaching running, swimming, and basic warfare tactics.Īt 17, Lucius has grown to an age half the people born in Ancient Rome never reach. He has learned to read and write in Latin and Greek, as well as public speaking, and mathematics. As a 17-year-old boy living in Rome in 73 AD, Lucius has almost completed his education.
The conditions are overcrowded and house fires are commonplace. The lesson follows Lucius Popidius Secundus who is not from a poor family, but from a lesser neighborhood called the Subura, near the center of Rome. Focuses on teenage girls in Ancient Rome.
