Poenica Purpuraria

Poenica is an immigrant from Tyre, the Phoenician city known for its purple. She’s an extraordinary purple-dyer who wants to become a tightrope walker!

In this tale, her shop is visited by different Romans looking to get togas purpled, as well as an honored Vestal in need of a new trim on her sacred veil. Some requests are realistic—others ridiculous.

Is life all work and no play? Can Poenica find the time to tightrope walk?

Poenica Purpuraria contains just 16 cognates and 19 other Latin words (excluding names, different forms of words, and meaning established within the text), and is over 1600 total words in length.

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Total Words: 1640
Unique Words: 62
Base Vocabulary: 22

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