The closest I get to it is Juvenal's account in his Satire VIII. He refers to it as "the shirt of pitch" or in its Latin form, "tunica molesta". It is thought to be one of Nero's inventions.Gawdzilla wrote:Does anybody remember the name they gave to coating someone in tar and using them as a torch to light their parties?
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Sounds like something straight out of Caligula.Seraph wrote:The closest I get to it is Juvenal's account in his Satire VIII. He refers to it as "the shirt of pitch" or in its Latin form, "tunica molesta". It is thought to be one of Nero's inventions.Gawdzilla wrote:Does anybody remember the name they gave to coating someone in tar and using them as a torch to light their parties?
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