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* [[Banned in China|Banned in France]]: In the 1930's, Coriolanus's military elitism and contempt for democracy resonated with French fascists, to the point the beleaguered French government outright banned performances of it.
* [[Canis Latinicus]]: In the 2011 film, there's a scene where Caius Martius (the eponymous Coriolanus) is telling his troops, "Make you a sword of me." In the background is grafitti reading,"Non illegitimi carborundum"--Dog Latin for "Don't let the bastards grind you down."
* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: Shakespeare based much of the play on the works of [[Plutarch]], who reported the story of Coriolanus as the biography of a real person. Recent scholars, however, believe that Coriolanus was [[http://www.livius.org/articles/person/coriolanus-gn-marcius/?#Assessment either legendary or a blend of two different stories]].
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