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The episode opens with a reading from Pliny the Younger's letters describing his villa west of Rome, used as an example of ancient Roman holiday homes

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Described as 'Petronius's kind of novel' - a prose account of people below the senatorial class, almost certainly set in Putioli, giving insight into entertainment opportunities for non-elite Romans

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Referenced as the source describing what Tiberius allegedly got up to on Capri, containing what Tom describes as 'the single most shocking sentence in the whole of ancient literature'

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Explicitly mentioned as containing a description of Lucius Aemilius Paulus's tour around Greece after the Battle of Pydna, including the observation that sites can be 'more impressive by report than they prove to be when actually seen'

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Referenced in discussion of Byron writing about Cicero and quoting a letter from Servius Salpicius, connecting ancient Roman tourism to the Grand Tour era

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Briefly mentioned as evidence that fun was part of medieval pilgrimages, in discussion of whether pilgrimages could be considered early forms of holidays