The Latin satiric poet Juvenal commented that any who found themselves constrained to stay in a tavern of that kind may have found themselves “lying cheek - by - jowl beside a cut - throat, in the company of bargees, thieves, and runaway slaves, beside hangmen and coffin - makers...
Romiešu dzejnieks satīriķis Juvenāls izteicās: ikviens, kas spiests apmesties šādā viesnīcā, var atklāt, ka ” guļ sānu pie sāna ar slepkavu, starp laiviniekiem, zagļiem un izbēgušiem vergiem, blakus bendēm un zārciniekiem..