TY - BOOK AU - Lawrence, Caroline. TI - The Dolphins of Laurentum T2 - The Roman mysteries, bk. 5 SN - 9781842550243 (pbk) U1 - 808.899282 L435 2012 23 PY - 2003/// CY - London, England, UK : PB - Orion Children's Books KW - Gemina, Flavia (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. KW - Treasure troves KW - Juvenile fiction. KW - Slavery KW - Italy KW - Rome KW - Buried treasure KW - Fiction KW - Treasure troves -- Italy -- Ostia (Extinct city) -- Fiction KW - Rome (Italy) KW - History KW - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. KW - Ostia (Italy) KW - Juvenile fiction N1 - Originally published in 2002. Reissued in 2012 by Orion Children's Books ; GS N2 - It's October AD 79. The arrival of a ragged man at the Geminus household sets in motion a series of events which take Flavia and her three friends to an opulent villa by the sea at Laurentum, a few miles south of Ostia. Just off the coast is a sunken wreck full of treasure which could be the answer to all their problems. But someone else is after the treasure, too. As the four children try to recover it, they solve the terrible mystery of Lupus's past.; A ragged stranger and the prospect of losing her family's fortune lead Flavia Gemina and her friends Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia to a seaside villa where possible danger and treasure are close at hand ER -