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Poor Emperor Severus Alexander, just wanted to watch the animals play ๐Ÿ˜ญ (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

According to the Historia Augusta, Alexander's "chief amusement consisted in having young dogs play with little pigs." [69] Herodian portrays him as a mother's boy.

In case anyone else was curious what the context was!