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The Roman Mysteries

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The Roman Mysteries	comment	Roman Mysteries is a CBBC television series based on The Roman Mysteries historical novels by Caroline Lawrence. It is reportedly the most expensive British children's TV series to date at £1 million per hour.The series began filming in June 2006 and was first broadcast from 8 May 2007. The series is divided into "scrolls", each based on one book, starting with "The Secrets of Vesuvius". The stories are told in the same order as the book series, except for book 6, The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina, which is transposed to the second season. Books 11 and 12 were not adapted, and the series ends with the adaptation of Book 13. Each scroll consists of two half-hour episodes. The first scroll guest-starred Simon Callow as Pliny the Elder.Series 1 Scroll One: "The Secrets of Vesuvius" (first broadcast 8 May 2007) Scroll Two: "The Pirates of Pompeii" (first broadcast 3 July 2007) Scroll Three: "The Assassins of Rome" (first broadcast 17 July 2007) Scroll Four: "The Dolphins of Laurentum" (first broadcast 31 July 2007) Scroll Five: "The Enemies of Jupiter" (first broadcast 14 August 2007)Series 2 Scroll One: "The Gladiators of Capua" (first UK broadcast 8 July 2008) Scroll Two: "The Twelve Trials of Flavia Gemina" (first UK broadcast 15 July 2008) Scroll Three: "The Colossus of Rhodes" (first UK broadcast 29 July 2008) Scroll Four: "The Fugitive from Corinth" (first UK broadcast 19 August 2008) Scroll Five: "The Slave Girl from Jerusalem" (first UK broadcast 2 September 2008)Some of the major differences from the books include: The children are older. Lupus is mute but his tongue has not been cut out. Because 'The Thieves of Ostia was not adapted, the meeting of the children takes place at a different time (just before the eruption of Vesuvius) and under different circumstances. In the book of The Assassins of Rome, Simeon is dragged off to be tortured but gets rescued (by Titus) before he is maimed or blinded as was threatened. In the movie he doesn't get rescued. Jonathan returns home at the end of "The Enemies of Jupiter". "The Gladiators of Capua" and "The Fugitive from Corinth" are set in Ostia, rather than Rome and Greece, respectively. Pulchra appears in "The Trials of Flavia Gemina" in Jonathan's place. Several minor characters have been omitted or combined for the television episodes. In "The Slave Girl from Jerusalem", a new character, Floridius, was introduced for comic relief. When bought as a slave, Nubia's head has not been shaved and she is clothed. The adults tend to play a smaller role.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_1561fbc4	comment	Mystery Magnet - Flavia and friends
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The Roman Mysteries / int_17ce80aa	type	All There in the Manual
The Roman Mysteries / int_17ce80aa	comment	All There in the Manual - The Roman Mysteries Treasury contains additional information about the characters and The Roman Empire which never made it into the novels or the TV series.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_17fe1048	type	Naked on Arrival
The Roman Mysteries / int_17fe1048	comment	Naked on Arrival - In the books, Nubia is first shown as a naked slave being prepared for auction. In the TV adaptation, this is averted.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_1b68e2e2	type	The Chase
The Roman Mysteries / int_1b68e2e2	comment	The Chase - The Colossus of Rhodes, The Fugitive from Corinth
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The Roman Mysteries / int_1b9079be	type	Snooping Little Kid
The Roman Mysteries / int_1b9079be	comment	Snooping Little Kid - Lupus uses his skills at snooping, sneaking and eavesdropping several times throughout the series.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_1badfb3a	comment	The Heart- Nubia
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The Roman Mysteries / int_1bf47ada	comment	The Medic - Dr. Mordecai is a physician and sometimes treats the other major characters.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_21f5491	comment	Appease the Volcano God - The show actually give a real life twist on this common trope. Instead of virgin sacrifice, the Romans sacrifice fish as part of the Vulcanalia in The Secrets of Vesuvius.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
The Roman Mysteries / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment - All four of the main characters have a Missing Mom. Nubia and Lupus undergo an Orphan's Ordeal and Jonathan and Flavia both have times when their fathers are literally or figuratively distant.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_29b218b4	type	In the Past, Everyone Will Be Famous
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The Roman Mysteries / int_32030dfa	type	Mystery Fiction
The Roman Mysteries / int_32030dfa	comment	Mystery Fiction - This series is Mystery Fiction. A wide variety of standard Mystery Tropes are used throughout the series.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_33981caf	comment	Street Urchin - Several examples appear in the series, however the most notable is Lupus, who becomes one of the four main characters.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_36c64123	comment	Gentle Giant - Caudex is a large, burly slave trained to be a Gladiator but normally peaceful and unwilling to hurt people.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_3ec18c6f	type	Sherlock Scan
The Roman Mysteries / int_3ec18c6f	comment	Sherlock Scan - Flavia does this to identify Pliny.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_413e6726	type	Deliberately Cute Child
The Roman Mysteries / int_413e6726	comment	Deliberately Cute Child - Sometimes Flavia uses this trick during the course of an investigation.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_421ae215	type	Mysterious Past
The Roman Mysteries / int_421ae215	comment	Mysterious Past - Lupus's origin and the reason he cannot speak are not revealed until several episodes into the series.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_427ca0d0	type	Animal Theme Naming
The Roman Mysteries / int_427ca0d0	comment	Lupus, the name of the wild character, means wolf. This is also a partial example of Animal Theme Naming although it does not fit that trope perfectly because Lupus is the only one with an animal name.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_46ee4d3	comment	Eye Take - Lupus in The Enemies of Jupiter when Flavia suggests to Emperor Titus that he is a Prometheus that will destroy Rome because of his hubris.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_4814d132	comment	Big Fancy House - Villa Limona is a luxurious villa owned by Felix, an exceptionally rich and powerful person.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_4c961994	type	Acquired Situational Narcissism
The Roman Mysteries / int_4c961994	comment	Acquired Situational Narcissism - In "The Pirates of Pompeii" Flavia acquired this toward Nubia when convinced a slave girl should act a particular way.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_531bf681	comment	Book Worm - One of Flavia's favorite pastimes is reading, and she often brings up information she learned from various scrolls.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_5320ff11	type	This Is My Name on Foreign
The Roman Mysteries / int_5320ff11	comment	This Is My Name on Foreign - Lupus's actual name is Lukos. However, both names simply mean "wolf." This does not follow the trope perfectly, because it is not an alias that Lupus picks for himself.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_5466745d	type	Clear Their Name
The Roman Mysteries / int_5466745d	comment	Clear Their Name - The Slave Girl from Jerusalem is about a slave girl accused of murder. Flavia and her friend try to prove her innocence.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_56434ecd	type	Music for Courage
The Roman Mysteries / int_56434ecd	comment	Music for Courage - The Four Detectives play music for refugees in The Pirates of Pompeii.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
The Roman Mysteries / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless - Well, not completely useless, but the only thing they seem to be useful for is locking up the criminals that Flavia and friends have identified. Of course, historic Rome did not have anything approaching modern police forces or professional, scientific criminal investigation techniques, so this is probably not far from the truth.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_64a5e4f	type	Black Vikings
The Roman Mysteries / int_64a5e4f	comment	Black Vikings - Averted in the books, which contain realistic depictions of the racial and cultural mix of the Roman Empire. However, in the TV adaptation, there are two examples of black Roman patricians.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_693cabaf	type	Gladiator Games
The Roman Mysteries / int_693cabaf	comment	Gladiator Games - Gladiator games form the central theme of The Gladiators from Capua. Jonathan becomes a gladiator.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Roman Mysteries / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name - A number of characters have names whose meanings in Latin or Greek reflect their characteristics. Just a few are listed here. Lupus, the name of the wild character, means wolf. This is also a partial example of Animal Theme Naming although it does not fit that trope perfectly because Lupus is the only one with an animal name. Felix is a very fortunate (both rich and lucky) man, as one might expect from the meaning of his name. Marcus Geminus and Gaius Geminus are twin brothers Flavia is a fair haired girl.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_76f0d7a5	type	Historical Fiction
The Roman Mysteries / int_76f0d7a5	comment	Historical Fiction - The series is set in The Roman Empire, beginning in the year 79 AD. Most of the events take place in Ostia (port city of Rome), with the occasional trip to the city of Rome and other locations within the empire.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_7e74d2de	type	Messy Maggots
The Roman Mysteries / int_7e74d2de	comment	Messy Maggots: In "The Dolphins of Laurentum", Dr. Mordecai uses maggot therapy to treat the infected sores on Captain Geminus's feet. He sends Jonathan and Lupus to the meat market to search the rubbish pile for the biggest, most rancid and infested piece of meat they can find: Later in the episode, a much-improved Marcus teases Flavia that he can still feel them wriggling under the bandages and offers to let her peek. With a shudder, she declines.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
The Roman Mysteries / int_8409a385	comment	Exactly What It Says on the Tin - Both the series title and many of the individual story titles
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The Roman Mysteries / int_8437cb10	type	Made a Slave
The Roman Mysteries / int_8437cb10	comment	Made a Slave - Nubia starts the series as a slave. Many other children are also kidnapped and enslaved, forming the basis of the plots for The Pirates of Pompeii and The Colossus of Rhodes. The Four Detectives are briefly captured in The Pirates of Pompeii and are going to be sold as slaves. Jonathan is also briefly enslaved in The Assassins of Rome. Three of the Four Detectives are captured yet again in The Colossus of Rhodes..
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The Roman Mysteries / int_84c5ec0b	type	Free-Range Children
The Roman Mysteries / int_84c5ec0b	comment	Free-Range Children - The characters are often in situations where there is little adult supervision. However, this is not constant throughout the series, as there there are many situations where they do their detective work with adult supervision and help.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_85debad9	type	Plucky Girl
The Roman Mysteries / int_85debad9	comment	Plucky Girl - Flavia
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The Roman Mysteries / int_92a61707	type	The Speechless
The Roman Mysteries / int_92a61707	comment	The Speechless - Lupus is unable to talk for reasons not revealed for several episodes. It is notable that in the books, Lupus cannot talk because his tongue was cut out; however in the TV series, his tongue is still intact.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_935212c	type	Feminine Women Can Cook
The Roman Mysteries / int_935212c	comment	Feminine Women Can Cook - Alma and Miriam are the best cooks and play the most traditionally feminine roles in the story, especially by 1st-century Roman standards. Flavia, on the other hand, is hardly ever depicted cooking, partly because she is a Tomboy and partly because Alma does all the cooking for her family.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Roman Mysteries / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad - Some of the books have villains and others do not; however, the villain whose kidnapping ring forms one of the recurring plot lines of the series is referred to by the characters as "The Big Buyer". After the "Big Buyer" is captured, it is revealed that there is a "Bigger Buyer" who is in fact ultimately in charge of the kidnapping.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_9df1477	type	The Exotic Detective
The Roman Mysteries / int_9df1477	comment	The Exotic Detective - Flavia is exotic in that she is a Kid Detective and an ancient Roman.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_a09f3a65	type	Sibling Triangle
The Roman Mysteries / int_a09f3a65	comment	Sibling Triangle - As part of the Backstory, both Gaius and Marcus Flavius fell in love with the same woman. She married Marcus and died giving birth to Flavia.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_a2e887be	comment	Secondary Character Title - Most of the episode titles, when they refer to a character, refer to a secondary character or groups of characters that are pivotal to the plot but are not one of the series's four main characters.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_a435b45e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Roman Mysteries / int_a435b45e	comment	Bitter Sweet Ending, Death Is a Sad Thing - Miriam is a victim of Death by Childbirth at the end of 'The Slave Girl from Jerusalem
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The Roman Mysteries / int_a5adbbe7	type	Unreliable Expositor
The Roman Mysteries / int_a5adbbe7	comment	Unreliable Expositor - A number of characters state scientific, medical or geographic facts that are now known to be inaccurate, but do correspond to what educated people in 1st-century AD Rome actually believed.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
The Roman Mysteries / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance - All the characters are upset about free Romans being kidnapped and enslaved, but most of them give little thought to the enslavement of non-Romans or those born to slavery. Notable exceptions are Nubia, who was herself a slave, and Dr. Mordecai, who is against all slavery. This is an accurate portrayal of the values of the time period.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_abc60c5d	type	Harmful to Minors
The Roman Mysteries / int_abc60c5d	comment	Harmful to Minors - The events behind Lupus's Dark and Troubled Past and Nubia's Dark and Troubled Past. The fate of the children that are kidnapped and enslaved.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_ac4ac8e5	type	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming
The Roman Mysteries / int_ac4ac8e5	comment	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming - "The X of Y"; usually, but not always, "The <people> of <place>".
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The Roman Mysteries / int_af7d483f	type	Dreaming of Things to Come
The Roman Mysteries / int_af7d483f	comment	Dreaming of Things to Come - Jonathan has prophetic dreams in several of the books. Flavia has a prophetic dream that forms the basis of The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina. A prophetic dream also plays a major role in The Enemies of Jupiter.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_b4a7b5ef	type	The Queen's Latin
The Roman Mysteries / int_b4a7b5ef	comment	The Queen's Latin - Considering it is a British TV series with British actors, the TV adaptation can be forgiven for having British accents. However, it is a bit odd when the Irish actor playing Flavia's father/uncle has an Irish accent unlike any of the other characters.
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The Roman Mysteries / int_b61afd3f	type	Tomboy
The Roman Mysteries / int_b61afd3f	comment	Tom Boy - Flavia is a mild tomboy by modern standards but is most especially a tomboy by Roman standards.
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