Cornelii

The Cornelii is the family featured in the first two Ecce Romani textbooks. The father is Gaius Cornelius Calvus, a Roman senator who makes the trip to Rome with his family in the summer. The mother is Aurelia, who is a typical Roman mother who cares for her children, but not the children she subjects to slavery. The son is Marcus, a strong 16 year old who is very smart but annoying.The daughter is Cornelia, an overly dramatic 14 year old who spends most of her time reading under the tree with her girlfriend, Flavia. Sextus was temporarily brought under the Cornelii’s guardianship when his mother died and his father was (and probably still is) away at war. Sextus is a 12 year old boy, but he is quite the PEST.