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Water or wine?

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12 June 2022
Woman with a jug on the Roman mosaic
Woman with a jug on the Roman mosaic

The censor Lucius Aurelius Cotta did not shy away from wine. During his tenure in 64 BCE Cicero applied for a consulate. A famous Roman orator was once thirsty for a drink of water. As his friends were standing around, he indulged in a joke:

“You have good reason to fear that the censor will deal harshly with me – for drinking water”.

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Lucullus came from a distinguished plebeian familyLucius Licinius Lucullus Battle of Philippi in 42 BCEWars of second triumvirate Agrippina the Younger - Nero's motherAgrippina the Younger Busts of Julius Caesar and Pompey the GreatGreat Roman civil war Gaul in the 1st century BCEGallic Wars
Sources
  • Plutarch, Cicero, 27

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