在结尾时，博士曾经说对那父亲说：「你将来会出名的。」
我就在想，该不会这是真有其人的吧。果不其然，就在维基百科中找到了他的资料(LuciusCaecilius Iucundus)
LuciusCaecilius Iucundus was a banker who lived in the Romantown of Pompeii in the first century. His house stillstands and can be seen in the ruins of Pompeii. It was partially destroyed bythe eruption of Vesuviusin 79.This house is known for its beauty, along with some material found about bankbook-keeping and wax tablets, which were receipts.
LuciusCaecilius Iucundus是一位在一世纪生于庞贝的银行家。他的居所目前仍然耸立于庞贝的遗址上，但房子的一部份已经在79年的维苏威火山爆发时被毁。这房子亦因它的美丽，及在内里发现的银行记录、及记录收据资对的蜡板而著名。
(生平就不译了…其实相关资料还挺多的,还有他的儿子QuintusCaecilius Iucundus的，有兴趣可以看看)
Life
The Pompeian banker Iucundus was born around the end of
Augustus’sreign (c.
14)to a
freedman named Felix, who was also a banker.
[1]By
58,he was in his mid-fifties and was probably well-established as a successfulbanker who dealt with a wide variety of Pompeians.
[2]
Freedmen and slaves performed many small business tasks for Iucundus,such as signing receipts as witnesses and collecting payments from clients.Many names of elite Pompeian citizens occur frequently in his transaction records,suggesting that Iucundus also had dealings with the upper class of his town. Infact, he even traveled to nearby
Nuceriato help the wealthy
PraetorianGuard senior centurion Publius Alfenus Varus resell someslaves that he had purchased in an auction.
[3].
He had two sons,
Sextus CaeciliusIucundus Metellus (after his wife) and
Quintus Caecilius Iucundus(who is found in the Cambridge Latin Course). These names suggest he had fourprevious sons (in Latin, Quint refers to five and Sext refers to six.) Iucundusdeparted from the traditional naming system, giving each of his sons a namethat implied a relationship with the illustrious family of the
Caecilii Metelli.
[4]
The tablets that Iucundus left behind suggest that he died in theearthquake on
5 February
62,since his records stop a few days before that date.
[5]
引自:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Caecilius_Iucundus#cite_note-14
