| Stage | Name | Cultural context | Main language feature | Stories |
| 1 | Caecilius | - Pompeii
- Caecilius and Metella's household
- Houses in Pompeii
| - Word order in sentences with est
- Word order in sentences without est
- Nominative singular
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| in villa | - Pompeian daily life
- Clothing
- Food
| - Nominative and accusative singular
- Sentence pattern nominative + accusative + verb
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| 3 | negotium | - Pompeian town life and business
| - Nominative and accusative singular of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd declensions
| - in foro
- pitor
- tonsor
- venalicius
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| 4 | in foro | - The forum at Pompeii
- Finance and the law courts
| - 1st and 2nd persons singular present, including sum, es
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| 5 | in theatro | - The theatre
- Actors and performances
- Pantomimes and comedies
| - Nominative plural
- 3rd person plural present
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| 6 | Felix
| | - Imperfect and perfect (v-stems) in 3rd person singular and plural
- erat and erant
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| 7 | cena | - Burial customs
- Beliefs about life after death
| - Sentence pattern accusative + verb
- Perfect tense (other than v-stems)
| - fabula mirabilis
- Decens
- post cenam
- Metella et Melissa
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| 8 | gladiatores | - The amphitheatre
- Gladiatorial shows
| - Accusative plural.
- Superlative adjectives.
| - gladiatores
- in arena
- venatio
- pastor et leo
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| 9 | thermae | | - Dative singular and plural.
- ego, tu: nominative, dative, accusative
- Sentence pattern nominative + dative + accusative + verb
| - in palaestra
- in taberna
- in apodytero
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| 10 | rhetor | - The Roman education system
- Books and writing materials
| - 1st and 2nd persons plural present including esse
- Comparative adjectives
| - controversia
- statuae
- anulus Aegyptius
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| 11 | candiati | - Pompeii
- Elections and local government
| - Intransitive verbs with dative
- Sentence pattern nominative + dative + verb
- placet
- nos, vos: nominative, dative, and accusative
- Different ways of asking questions
| - Marcus et Quartus
- Sulla
- Lucius Spurius Pomponianus
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| 12 | Vesuvius | - The eruption of Vesuvius
- The excavation of Pompeii and Herculaneum
| - 1st and 2nd persons (singular and plural) imperfect and perfect
- 1st and 2nd persons (singular and plural) imperfect of esse
| - tremores
- ad urbem
- ad villam
- finis
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