Pollio Vedius, Roman gastronome, famous for his cruelty towards his slaves. To punish them, he would throw them alive to his moray eels. One day Augustus (Caius Octavius Thurinus) was eating at his home, so he had a slave, guilty of breaking a cup, thrown(Pollion Vedius, Roman gastronome, famous for his cruelty towards his slaves. To catch them, he would throw them alive to his murenes. One day Augustus (Caius Octavius Thurinus) was eating at his home, so he made a slave precipitate, guilty of breaking a cu)Unknown artist |
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19th century
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