The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-12-08
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Money Spent on Feasts.

Caligula of ancient Rome is rather ahead
when it comes to expensive dinners. His
most costly spread took $500, 900. Mod
ern dinners are expensive also in their way,
but nothing approaching the prodigality of
Caligula has been attempted in late years.
The feasts of the ancients, while they
lacked the refinement of modern civiliza-
ton, were far more costly and extraordi-
nary than any experienced in modern times,
says writer in the Washington Post.
Lucius Lucullus, on his return from his
Asiatic campaign, gave feasts upon a scale
never before attempted by Roman gen
eral. On one occasion wines were served
that cost $50 an ounce, and young pigs
were eaten that had been roasted over a
fire of burning nuts and raisins. Pea
cocks tongues, live fish from distant seas.
oysters from Britain and tropical fruits
from Arabia were some of the luxuries Of
fered the guests. The cost of this feast
alone was 10000
Cicero and Pompey visited Lucullus'
villa when the host was absent. Acting
under his instructions to make themselves at
home while they remained, they gave several
dinners, which cost in the aggregate $40, :
000 Caligula, the Emperor, whose wick
edness shocked the most brutal of his as
sociates, built bridge of boats three miles
long, in the centre of which he caused a
banquet hall to be constructed. In this
was served feast that is said to have cost
$500, 900.
1t was in imitation of Aesopus, the
spendthrift son of the great actor, that
Cleopatra drank $40, 900 pearl in glass
of wine at one of the banquets given in
honor of Antony Vitellus, the Roman
Emperor, once gave dinner that cost
over 5000, ,000 Seutonious states that
the guests had the choice of 1000 dishes
of fish and 1000 of game and fowl Au-
lus yerus, Roman noble, gave supper
one night to dozen of his cronies that
made hole of $3.50, 900 in his bank ac-
count Elagabalus, another of Rome S
early Emperors, when Is years of age, en-
tertained some of his friends at dinner,
one dish Of which cost 5000, 900.
With the decadence of the empires of
the ancient world extravagant eating and
drinking became thing of the past In
the middle ages several attempts were made
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