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The Code Of Romulus
''The Code of Romulus'' is a children's novella by Caroline Lawrence, published in 2007 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Book Day. It is a re-publication of the short story ''Bread and Circuses'' that appeared in the anthology ''The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunits'' published in 2003. The story takes place in Ostia Antica, Ostia in November 79 AD, between the events of the fifth and sixth books (''The Dolphins of Laurentum'' and ''The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina''.) Plot summary The story begins with Flavia Gemina, the protagonist of the book, arguing with her tutor, List of characters in The Roman Mysteries#A, Aristo. Flavia insists that she is a detective, though Aristo doubts there is such a word. Aristo says that if Flavia can solve the mystery of who has been stealing rolls from List of characters in The Roman Mysteries#P, Pistor the Baker, then they will not do maths for a month, just read stories. However, if Flavia fails, she can never mention the word "dete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |