Also, I will speak of the casts of dead bodies in pompeii. That can be disturbing.
(also, I've already posted some stuff on pompeii recently, but I'll repeat it because I'm deeply unoriginal, sorry)
Ok, holidays and coups are mostly over, so back to threads.
There was some recent talk about pompeii because they dug out some more of it.
🍆A TERRIBLE PERSON'S GUIDE TO POMPEII🏛️
Including, but not limited to, SO MANY STONE DICKS.
Also, I will speak of the casts of dead bodies in pompeii. That can be disturbing.
(also, I've already posted some stuff on pompeii recently, but I'll repeat it because I'm deeply unoriginal, sorry)
Truly, civilization never recovered.
Literally "beware of the dog", so it's easy to think it's like our modern similar signs. (1/2)
But more recently they were studied with NMR. The majority were healthy young males! (1/2)
Don't eat the rich, preserve them for posterity. (2/2)
But the (many) fancy houses with painted walls weren't owned by some super-wealthy elite, they were more like middle class: bakers, artisans, shopowners had them. I'd trade home at any time tbh.
Hard to cook your own food if you rent a small room after all! They recently excavated a super cool one: https://t.co/ULlGaMwIKr
It's... actually not 100% clear why they did that.
it's *probably* that they used them as good luck charms.
Some was in brothels, possibly meant as a menù of sorts, or more likely just to set the mood.
Some, however, were in regular public buildings.
The vast majority were regular buildings, romans just liked their porn)
Some say they were used as occasional brothels too.
More think it was just random porn, plus a way to help people remember where they put their clothes!
Also, sometimes you hear the claim that "the ancients didn't have a concept of female sexual pleasure".
So brothel clients weren't just males, no matter what literary sources would have you believe.
Overall, a look at the paintings above makes pretty clear we're still extremely prudes compared to the ancients.
The romans were pretty literate - and they made the point by writing every-fucking-where.
(also, graffiti ARE one of the most useful sources about roman society)
"I screwed a lot of girls here"
"Celadus the Thracian makes the girls moan!"
"Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. Women didn't know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion." (whiniest boast ever)
