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The Trial of Lucullus is a short didactic radio play by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht written in verse. In it the great Roman general Lucullus appears after death before a judge and jury of the underworld who are to decide whether he should be condemned to Hades or admitted to the Elysian fields. The jury representing the lower classes allows Lucullus to call as witnesses portrayed on a triumphal frieze.