Pliny the Younger asserts that after his overthrow he fled to Mount tamus, and there endeavoured to drown his troubles in wine; but that at last, growing quarrelsome and tyrannical towards the companions of his debaucheries, they one day put an end to his existence.
"Claimants to Royalty"
John H. Ingram
It bears the name of tamus Vulgaris, and belongs to the natural order of Yams.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie