
Episode CLXXVIII - Witches in Roman Literature
Emperors of Rome
Trmalchio and His Ex-Slave Friends
Trmalchio means triple king in Greek. So you shouldn't criticize Nero in contemporary texts, but it's quite fine for you to make fun of his friend under the context of, you know, this might be a kind of Nero persona. That is Satericon chapter 63 right. Tarantino took so much from literature of this period. I think if only he knew.
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