The Paninis of Pompeii. Andy Stanton
Чтение книги онлайн.

Читать онлайн книгу The Paninis of Pompeii - Andy Stanton страница 1

Название: The Paninis of Pompeii

Автор: Andy Stanton

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Природа и животные

Серия:

isbn: 9781405294867

isbn:

СКАЧАТЬ on id="uc162ceb6-4434-501b-aa2b-7a7470e6a846">

      

      First published in Great Britain MMXIX

      by Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © MMXIX Andy Stanton

      Illustrations copyright © MMXIX Sholto Walker

      The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2019

      ISBN 978 1 4052 9385 3

      Ebook ISBN 978 1 40529 486 7

       www.egmont.co.uk

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Stay safe online. Any website addresses listed in this book are correct at the time of going to print. However, Egmont is not responsible for content hosted by third parties. Please be aware that online content can be subject to change and websites can contain content that is unsuitable for children. We advise that all children are supervised when using the internet.

      Egmont takes its responsibility to the planet and its inhabitants very seriously. We aim to use papers from well-managed forests run by responsible suppliers.

       For Polly, Luke and Sonny; and for Clemmy, the greediest cat in Londinium – AS

       For Louis. Ut tibi auxillo esse ridiculam – SW

       CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       FILIUS AND SLAVIUS

       THE MA-WOL-N-F

       AT THE BATHS

       FILIUS AND THE CURIOUS OBJECT

       THE CHALLENGE IN THE FORUM

       LEARN LATIN WITH CAECILIUS

       Back series promotional page

       CAECILIUS AND HIS FAMILY

      Now, back in Roman Times there lived a fat merchant by the name of Caecilius Maximus Panini. Caecilius was so fat that he looked a bit like a large football with a face on top, and this is what the name ‘Caecilius’ means: large football with a face on top. Caecilius had a lovely wife called Vesuvius, which means ‘Woman married to a guy who looks like a large football with a face on top’. And he had a little son called Filius, which means ‘Filius’. Filius was ten years old, or as the Romans said, he was X years old. The Romans were always using letters instead of numbers and do you know why? It was because they were very СКАЧАТЬ