Stage 10 introduces the Roman belief in the power of the dead (the manes), the practice of household shrines (lararia), and the tension between rational skepticism (like the philosopher) and traditional superstition. The story statuae is a ghostly tale set in a Greek bathhouse, adapted from a famous account by Pliny the Younger.
Latin:
Clemens postea Syphacem vocat et narrat: āServus, quem in cella tenueras, nuper effugit. Is statuam puellae imitatus erat. Senator, stultus, non intellexerat rem veram. Nunc Salvius, servus liberatus, in Graeciam navigavit.ā
Syphax iratissimus clamat: āMe deceptum esse!ā Sed serum est. Salvius iam longe abest. cambridge latin course book 1 stage 10 statuae translation
The statues remind us of Rome's history. We remember the brave men and women who built our magnificent city. Context Stage 10 introduces the Roman belief in