Aurelian’s Restitution
It may be thought that Lacius Galiano, in
his „Restitutor Orbis” wrote all that was necessary! Well not quite for he
missed out a lot! And here is what he omitted God knows why!
Two bosphorian kings, friends
of Rome and Romans – Adenatus and Talamat – were invited by caesar Aurelian to
play bridge. They had scarce knowledge of the game but were both very eager to
‘romanise’ themselves: