It was now the day. There was great clamor in the city. Slaves are carrying hid loads as they clamor to the Forum. Shouting and noise is on all sides. But no clamor or noise reaches Marcus. He was in bed snoring because he was tired. Sextus was also in bed but could not sleep. Excited by the uproar he was now thinking about what Titus had told him yesterday. “What will we see today? Will we be led to the Forum by Cornelius? I wish to see the senators in the Forum and Curium” Meanwhile Eucleides, who had woken us first, now returned home. He immediately looked for them in the bedroom and said “Hey boys! Why are you not up? I got up 2 hours ago! Because I wanted to buy a new book, in the morning I went down to a certain shop in Argiletum where you are able to see the names of many poets on the doorpost. Catullus, Flaccus-" But the boys quickly interrupted, because, as they knew well, Eucleides always wanted to teach something new. "What did you see in the roads?" “Nothing," said Eucledies, "except a miserable man crushed by stone. "The oxen were dragging squared stones in a wagon to the new building that Caesar is finishing near the Golden House. "That building is a huge amphitheater and the emperor will soon hold the games there. If you boys are good, perhaps you will go to the games."
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