"Rhaetian" Quotes from Famous Books
... feast to his companions in arms. Wine flowed freely at the banquet, the king emulating, or exceeding, his guests in the art of imbibing. Heated with his potations, in which he had drained many cups of Rhaetian or Falernian wine, he called for the choicest ornament of his sideboard, the gold-mounted skull of Cunimund, and drank its full measure of wine amid the loud ... — Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality, German • Charles Morris |