DENARIUS AVARICIUS SEXTUS

Back in good old A.D. 79, there lived a patrician Roman named Avaricius (Avvy
to his friends.) He was about 26 years old and about six foot three. He had
married a woman named Arkata, which was a mistake he lived to regret- she
never stopped nagging him. His few slaves were so lazy he hardly ever saw them,
except for one named Crapulus, who was always at least inebriated, if not
downright drunk- apart from reading Avvy's mail (amazing! he could read) and
doing the washing-up, he preferred to spend his time with an amphora of wine
down at the "Canis et Anas" (his local.) (*)