Scenario:
The praefectus annonae has invited you to be part of a group of Romans who will accompany a young woman from the province of Baetica, Coelia Mascellina, on a tour of various locations in Rome. She has recently taken over her mother's business of exporting olive oil and wine from Baetica, and the prefect wants to make sure she enjoys this tour so that he can negotiate a favorable contract with her to supply olive oil for the troops. He is counting on you to introduce her to the part of Rome you know best.
Your Tasks:
1) Reveal your personality to Coelia and the others in the group as you converse and move about the city. You, Claudia Olympias, are proud of your freeborn status (even though your father was a freedman, he had been a high-ranking slave of the emperor) and your wealth. You are a little bit domineering and arrogant but think that is perfectly justified by your excellent business sense and success. Beauty, lovely clothes, jewelry, and a fashionable hairstyle--the marks of female status--are all very important to you.
2) Take the group to your freedman's silversmith's shop, Faber Argentarius, on the Sacra Via Summa. Ask everyone to start at Rome by using the Quick Jump bookmark or typing @go Rome, then ask them to click on Region 4 in the map and then the exit for Sacra Via Summa. Show each of the people the piece of silver most appropriate for him or her and ask for his/her reactions (everyone should click on the icon of the piece in order to see it in the web frame). These are the available pieces:
* fish platter -- perfect for Aurelia Nais, seller of fish
* ladle with religious scenes -- how could Cantinea Procla, priestess of Isis, do without this?
* bowl with portrait -- the spitting image of Doctus, the famous mime
* plate with Mercury -- as the patron of merchants, he will bring good luck to Coelia Mascellina
* Bacchic wine cup -- Glyconis, lover of wine, really needs this
* libation bowl with chariots -- the charioteer Fuscus should make offerings with this
* cup with triumphal scene -- Mus, secretary of the Praetorian Prefect, will love this
* bowl with Hercules and snakes -- a strongman hero for Callistus, keeper of weapons for gladiators
Ask everyone to follow you outside your shop to show them the statue of Cloelia. Briefly tell them her story--you are proud your shop is located near such an admirable woman, and you identify with her feisty personality and her accomplishments. Ask them why her statue is unusual (see if they notice her toga and the fact that a woman has been given an equestrian statue). Then activate her and encourage them to converse with her in Latin (if they are shy, prepare a few things you can say to her yourself).