Fun Times with (Roman) Epigraphy.
Oh, the Romans... Sometimes Always they amuse me so. As part of trying to work out whether or not we can say whether there was any sort of moral/sexual geographical zoning in Pompeii (say whether there was a 'red light district', to quote an exam paper - I say not in literal terms, but in ideology/perception/phenomenology yes, definitely) I've been reading the records of inscriptions around the town - ie. the dirty graffiti, basically.
( Cut for NSFW Romans! (And more! Incl. street poetry!) )
( Cut for NSFW Romans! (And more! Incl. street poetry!) )