Trimalcion: “Trimalcion” is a character created by Petronius, a Latin writer of the XNUMXst century AD. AD, in his novel the Satiricon, realistic painting of the wanderings of a young libertine Roman.
Trimalcion is the type of the enriched upstart who displays ostentatious luxury in his private life, and in particular at the table.
He offers a Pantagruelic feast to his friends and courtiers. It is even a caricature of the excesses of certain Romans of the time, nouveau riche and false gourmets ....
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