Shakespeare in Love that the claim was "unwarranted". The film is "not constrained by worries about literary or historical accuracy" and includes anachronisms such as a reference to Virginia tobacco plantations, at a time before the Colony of Virginia existed. A leading character is a member of the House of Wessex, which died out in 1066. Queen Elizabeth I never entered a public theatre, as she does in the film. Between "Romeo and Juliet" and "Twelfth Night", Shakespeare wrote ten other plays over a period of six years. The biggest historical liberty concerns the central theme of Shakespeare struggling to create the story
Curio maximus resembled that of "pontifex maximus"; that is, election through the tribes. Others known to have held the office include C. Calvisius Sabinus, the consul of 39 BC. The "curio maximus" presided over the Quirinalia, and also the agricultural festivals of the "curiae" such as the Fordicidia, when pregnant cows were sacrificed, and the Fornacalia, or Oven Festival. The Fornacalia had no fixed date, and though each "curia" might celebrate the festival separately, the date was determined by the "curio maximus" and posted in the forum. Although the "curio" was a kind of priest, he had the power to convene meetings