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Nero watching the torture of Epickaris, who is lying dead before him while Nero's servants are still boiling oil to continue her torture. Etching by A.C. Reatimus.
Wellcome Collection

Nero watching the torture of Epickaris, who is lying dead before him while Nero's servants are still boiling oil to continue her torture. Etching by A.C. Reatimus.

Antonio Cherubino Reatimus

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Non audet Martinam oleae liquor urere, namque casta nequit castum laedere pallas ebur. Ant. Cher.us. Reatimus in. et sculp.

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