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Nomentanus
A byword for gluttony and extravagant feasting, paired with Apicius; the name recurs in Horace and Roman satire as a type of the spendthrift gourmand.
Reading notes
- On the Happy Life §11.4 Nomentanus
A proverbial glutton and spendthrift, paired with Apicius as a type of extravagant feasting.