Historian Lindsay Powell reports on an exhibition in Oxford which shows, through images and objects from Pompeii, the variety of the Roman diet and the places associated with its preparation and consumption, from filthy kitchens to elaborate banquets. “Vivamus, moriendum est” – “let us live, for we must die” – the effusive Vibius Gallus is recorded […]
She Wolves, Night Moths and Tomb Whores
Elisabeth Storrs explores the complex rules of prostitution in Ancient Rome. Prostitution is