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Re:Surprisingly modern graffiti from the walls of Pompeii by Ergomane on Monday August 27, 2012 @06:40AM (#4438197)
The inscription in I.7.1 - 8075 translated here as: "The finances officer of the emperor Nero says this food is poison" is in latin "CVCVTA AB RATIONI[B]VS NERONIS AVGVSTI".

An alternative, sarcastic, translation has been proposed: Poison is Nero's secretary of finance.

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