I was reviewing some rules of Latin grammar and I was struck at how this brief passage in Wikipedia features sample text with all the highlights of Ancient Rome. We’ve got:
Cicero writing to his friend Atticus, begging him to send any interesting news from Rome
a line discussing bathing in play that was a rip-off of an earlier Greek play
Cato telling the reader the best way to eat cabbage
Martial saying that you should laugh at and flip off anyone who calls you effeminate / implies you are a bottom
