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Vesuvius 79AD
Living in Pompeii before Vesuvius' eruption in 79 AD. History and RolePlay under the shadow of this crucial historic event.

Taberna: the business quarter (1 threads, 565 posts)
    Phil´s Exotica (55 posts)
    Role Play Thread 0 Featured January 23 , 2004

    The Romans were more interested in regulating prostitution, not eradicating it, in spite of their general contempt for women who became prostitutes. They adopted the idea of state-controlled brothels, or lupinar (house of she-wolves) but it wasn't until the time of the Emperor Augustus that a set of codes governed the behavior, restrictions and privileges of prostitutes. They were forbidden to cover their faces in public, forbidden to wear the color purple, to wear shoes or to put their hair in fillets. They were also required to dye their hair red or yellow. ...
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    Author: * Arrius Flavius - 13 Posts on this thread out of 105 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Mar 24, 2004 - 19:39

    Arrius spoke to a member of his staff. "No wonder Phil left this place, for a brothel it's pretty dull around here. Where are all the lusty men of Pompeii? Are they afraid that their wives will find out that they have been here? Are they men or just shadows of men? There may be a few of them that really believe in fidelity but they are few and far between. What do I have to do to get some patrons, exhibit my girls naked on the rooftop?"


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