Tales from a Roman Dinner Party

It's AD80 and we are at a dinner party at a villa in the countryside outside Rome. The host issues a challenge to his guests to entertain the others with a story, with a prize for the best. The guests and stories are as follows: 1. The great-grandson of Athenodorus tells a ghost story (source: Pliny) 2. The younger Pliny tells the story of his uncle's death in the eruption of Vesuvius (source: Pliny) 3. Suetonius Paulinus, the retired governor of Britain, tells the story of the Boudican revolt (sources: Tacitus, Cassius Dio) 4. Plutarch tells the legend of Romulus and Remus and the founding of Rome (source: Plutarch, Livy) The performance lasts an hour. Not suitable for under 10s. Katy has a first in Classics from Oxford and is familiar with a wide range of Greek myth and history which can be tailored to meet your needs. For example, she has coordinated a group performance of myths about the gods and has retold stories from Herodotos.