An imperial exception
Suetonius reports that Claudius considered allowing guests to pass wind at dinner. The biographer presents it as something the emperor was said to have contemplated, rather than a confirmed decree.
Source: Suetonius, Life of Claudius, chapter 32
The dinner-table dilemma
This exhibit takes that uncomfortable collision of ceremony and bodily reality as its starting point. Imagine the banquet, the formal seating, and the moment nobody wants to acknowledge.
In the collection
Our imagined Roman mosaic turns the scene into a visual joke. Its collection entry is a creative interpretation, with the ancient written account linked separately.