| A | B |
|---|
| Actius | actor |
| Aegyptius | Egyptian |
| Afer | rich candidate for douvir, favored by Marcus Tullius and Grumio |
| Alexander | Greek friend of Quintus |
| Anthrax | slave guarding clothes in the apodyterium of the baths |
| Lucius CAECILIUS Iucundus | rich banker of Pompeii; husband of Matella and father of Quintus |
| Celer | painter of mural |
| Cerberus | dog belonging to Ceacilius; named after the Greek mythological hellhound |
| Clemens | slave of Caecilius |
| Decens | friend of Ceacilius; killed perhaps by the ghost of the gladiator Pugnax |
| Diodorus | small brother of Alexander |
| Felix | freedman, or former slave, of Caecilius; saved Quintus when infant |
| Gaius | friend of Quintus who liked hunting |
| Graecia | Greece |
| Graecus | Greek |
| Grumio | cook and slave in household of Caecilius |
| Hurcules | Greek mythological hero shown in mural painted by Celer |
| Hermogenes | Greek merchant; borrowed money from Caecilius and did not pay it back |
| Holconius | son of senator; candidate for douvir, favored by Quartus Tullius and Caecilius |
| Isis | Egyptian mother goddess worshiped by some Pompeians; was thought to have saved Julius from death |
