I don't get it either, Iessica. I looked up toothpaste on Wikipedia the other night. Apparently, Romans really used crushed bone and oyster shells in their toothpaste. Maybe Catullus is showing Egnatius as a barbarian? That would be weird since Catullus is of barbaric descent (just south of the Apls) if not a non-Roman himself.
I don't get it either, Iessica. I looked up toothpaste on Wikipedia the other night. Apparently, Romans really used crushed bone and oyster shells in their toothpaste. Maybe Catullus is showing Egnatius as a barbarian? That would be weird since Catullus is of barbaric descent (just south of the Apls) if not a non-Roman himself.
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