Wallas Eaton replaced Max Adrian as Ludicrus Sextus in this episode, and Lurcio reflects this change by saying that he had had a face-lift. Wallas had previously appeared in the series in guest roles in the episodes "Britannicus" and "Spartacus".
Lurcio says about his lascivious mistress Ammonia that, "she's known to all the charioteers as Waggoners' Walk-over". At the time there was a popular daily radio soap opera called "Waggoners Walk".