ah, the Cambridge Latin textbook. I was looking for introductory Latin texts online, found this, and...well...
transcript:
Caecilius
Caecilius lived in Italy during the first century A.D. in the town of Pompeii. The town was situated at the foot of Mount Vesuvius on the coast of the Bay of Naples, and may have had a population of about 10,000. Caecilius was a rich Pompeian banker. When archaeologists excavated his house they discovered his accounts in a strong-box. These documents tell us that he was also an auctioneer, tax-collector, farmer, and money-lender.
so he sold slaves and collected usury. yay. Rome was great /s ~Chara