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Yes, they are quite congenial
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He said yes nd some scraps left over from dinner
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I'll bet Lucinius is welcome by all except one. I don't need to tell you the one.
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Yes, he seems to have a green thumb. or the boys at least
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Yes. can you imagine that boy. Eating with tears. In Rome at that time when a family couldn't take care of a child, they either sold the child or put them out and on their own. Children of a slave wasn't tolerated. My guess this boy was the son of a slave. How he was kept alive must have been a secret shared by the wife of her master. When he was older, he was told to leave.
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Yes, and I think the boys actually add to the success of the Villa as they are encouraged to make suggestions
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Yes, but I think the boys never fully accepted their freedom as freemen. Dante did and I think his return convinced the boys free or not, they were in a better place.
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Right. He is protecting his investment
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Yes, you are correct. From what I have read, that isn't unusual at the time. Buying adult slaves and giving them their freedom, as a reward, was common,.
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Maybe Lucinius will turn his villa into an inn for travelers
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I'm not sure if something bad will happen. But you can never be completely sure
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When the first row of new rooms was finished, the wheat was ready for harvesting. We worked from early morning to the evening meal. The small mill was busy grinding wheat, Felix estimated how much wheat we would need until the next harvest. This was what was being ground. The rest we would sell as wheat kernels to our baker. He would grind it as he needed it. We laughed as we pulled the carts in front of his shop. He was waiting for us, “How did you know we were coming?” "The gods tol
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Word got out among the slavers if they had any young boys to stop at my gate. We bought one from a slaver who stopped. The next one that stopped, we made an offer, he turned us down. He learned what we said was true. The man at the slave market offered him less. He brought the boy back to us, and I paid him what I originally offered. The word travels fast, from that point on, they accepted my offer. We had boys coming to us. They were runaway slaves. That posed a problem for us. They had no
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thanks, most of what I have included in this story is true, the construction of the villa, crops grown, herbs used, trees and animals are common to this era
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I think there will always be new boys. Lucinius hates the word Slavery
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You are welcome, I'm. glad you are enjoying this story
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Thanks, appreciate the slap on the back
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I think there will always be boys on the Villa
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I would think the men (boys) are more proficient. They have been doing not longer than Duccius. For Duccius this is good, he is learning that free men (exslaves) can make a positive contribution.
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Lucinius knows two languages, Greek and Roman. Aumen knows Greek and his own language.
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I don't think Lucinius would put up with some of the nonsense that went on in the Senate.
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I don't think at that time they had a family rooms as we have today. Each had their sleeping room and then a general room, i.e. courtyard. There was a separate kitchen.
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Father and mother moved to his father’s villa in the south two years ago. Father isn’t doing well, but letters from Mother said he was doing better. She wrote, ‘I’m not sure if it’s being away from his friends in the Senate or the clean air, but he has improved since we moved here.’ As much as my father and I had our disagreements, he still was my father, and I didn’t like to see him ill. Arriving at Duccius’s house, Father left the house to him when they moved, and I didn’t see anyone. The
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