Trivia Question: What Roman Emperor invited guests to a feast where he had their tombstones prepared to threaten them?
Answer: Domitian
Domitian consolidated power by forming a cult of personality around himself. When people started going behind his back, he came up with dramatic ways to indirectly threaten them. Domitian’s feast of tombstones was one of the most historic examples of his veiled threats.
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