Dan Carlin HH Ep. 39, Carlin says Scipio Aemilianus forced the Egyptian king on a tour of Alexandria to see if the fat king could walk. He also says that Cato received the king while Cato used a toilet. How far down the Roman ladder did you have to go before client kings no longer showed deference?
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