Pliny ascribes to the Emperor Nero the invention of the ice bucket, as a method of cooling wine without diluting it with ice that had been stored in pungent straw and cloth.

普林尼将冰桶的发明归功于尼禄皇帝，即一种冷藏葡萄酒的方法，用冰桶储存的葡萄酒无需用放在难闻的稻草里或布里的冰块进行稀释。