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2. Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum - Wikipedia

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   The Lupanar in Pompeii. It is unclear whether the images on the walls were advertisements for the services offered, or if they were merely intended to heighten the pleasure of the visitors. As previously mentioned, some of the paintings and frescoes became immediately famous because they represented erotic, sometimes explicit, sexual scenes.

3. Women in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Most likely, customs varied not only by time and place, but by facility, so that women could choose to segregate themselves by gender or not. [157] An all-women dinner party depicted on a wall painting from Pompeii. For entertainment women could attend debates at the Forum, the public games , chariot races, and

4. Lupanar - Wikipedia

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   Most citizens of Pompeii partook in wall writing as a way of messaging, advertising, gossiping, and spreading important information. Women, children, laborers, and slaves were known to participate in graffiti. [6] The graffiti within the brothel included both texts and images as well as death notices, poems, etchings, greetings, and compliments ...

5. Villa of the Mysteries - Wikipedia

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   The Villa of the Mysteries (Italian: Villa dei Misteri) is a well-preserved suburban ancient Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, southern Italy.It is famous for the series of exquisite frescos in Room 5, which are usually interpreted as showing the initiation of a bride into a Greco-Roman mystery cult.

6. Archaeologists unearth remarkable preserved Pompeii bathhouse ...

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   Archaeologists have been given a new insight into what life in Pompeii was like after discovering a spa-like complex that has been described as a “once-in-a-century” find.. What is thought to ...

7. Pompeii: Stunning new paintings unearthed at ancient ... - AOL

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   Fascinating artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city doomed and buried by Mount Vesuvius’s deadly eruption in AD79.. The most impressive discovery is ...

8. Sexuality in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Rome had no state prosecutors; cases could be prosecuted by any citizen with the legal expertise and speaking ability to do so. Since emancipated women were allowed to bring criminal prosecutions in the Republic, [414] it is conceivable that a rape victim could have brought charges against her rapist herself. Otherwise, the case could be ...

9. A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims

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   The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction. To preserve the historical nature of the event and help tell the stories of the residents of the city, some of the victims ...