Note 232-6 — Chapter II
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
Besides Cleopatra, Caligula especially did this frequently. Compare also Horat., Serm., II, 3, 239 ff. Similarly, the luxury of the actor Aesopus, when he placed a dish worth 6,000 louis d'or before his guests, consisting entirely of birds which had been taught to sing or speak. Pliny, H. N., X, 72. Compare Horat., loc. cit., 345.