You're invited to lunch by both General Lucullus and King Ashurnasirpal 2: which invite do you accept?
Lucullus
Ashurnasirpal 2
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Lucullus: in Italian we say "a lucullian lunch" (aka "a sumptious lunch") to refer to a lunch worthy of the Roman general Lucio Licinio Lucullo. Think excess and decadence galore!
Here's some pictures of a typical roman banquet for reference:
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I fastosi banchetti erano una forma di ostentazione della ricchezza delle classi agiate che tramite le cene conseguivano notorietà.
Ashurnasirpal 2: Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal 2 went down in history for hosting the biggest banquet in history in 879 BCE, featuring 69,574 attendees and the following dishes:
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