Carthage by Ross Leckie

Author:Ross Leckie [Ross Leckie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847675514
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 2000-03-31T05:00:00+00:00

Letter preserved in the archives of Rome

Curtius to Theogenes. I am writing this myself, by return courier. He is neither colt nor kouros, by all the gods. Get him a tutor, for a start. Try that man Ennius. He lives on the Aventine somewhere. He’s a Messapian, but they say he’s good. And he’s a client of Cato’s, so at least there’s irony here. I want Scipio’s Latin perfect within three months. In fact, get him several tutors. Ennius for language, another for background and manners, a third for arms. Can your charge use a sword? Does he know a pilum from a postern? I assume that he can ride. Gauls learn to do so before they can walk, and I presume that is how he was reared. But check. Do not, I repeat, do not take him with you to the baths. Have the slaves wash and strigil him at home. Make sure he stays within the grounds of the villa until I say otherwise. I may no longer be a senator, but I believe that I still have friends. There is much to be done. Send Labienus to me here near Neapolis. Tell him to use the horses of one Demodocus. He will find his livery by the Fulvian Gate.

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