Laughter in Ancient Rome Quotes

“That is the sense in which we might conclude that it was indeed “the Romans” who invented “the joke.”
― Mary Beard, Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up

“Denn bei historischer Forschung geht es doch gerade darum, Fremdartigkeit zu erhalten.”
― Mary Beard, Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up (Volume 71)