Anachronisms
The play is given a classical setting during the Roman Kingdom —though it actually occurs in the dramatic neverland of the English Renaissance stage: its supposedly ancient Romans refer to Niccolò Machiavelli, John of Gaunt, and the Guildhall of London, among other anachronisms. (See The Old Law and Thierry and Theodoret for comparable cases.)
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