http://www.pompeiana.org/Resources/A...%20Pompeii.htm
Aufidius was here. Goodbye
lol
I screwed the barmaid
I guess this was their twitter?
Take hold of your servant girl whenever you want to; it’s your right
Lesbianus, you defecate and you write, ‘Hello, everyone!’
This site fills me with the urge to DEFECATE! Oh hay and it's the wall.
FIGULUS LOVES IDAIA!!
They had weird onwall handles.
O walls, you have held up so much tedious graffiti that I am amazed that you have not already collapsed in ruin.
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VIII.7.6 (Inn of the Muledrivers; left of the door); 4957: We have wet the bed, host. I confess we have done wrong. If you want to know why, there was no chamber pot
(Herculaneum, modern Ercolano, was a separate city from Pompeii. It was actually closer to Mt. Aetna and thus more thoroughly destroyed, and that's probably why it wasn't as famously preserved as Pompeii.)Quote:
Herculaneum (bar/inn joined to the maritime baths); 10677: Apelles the chamberlain with Dexter, a slave of Caesar, ate here most agreeably and had a screw at the same time.
My favorite:
*ahem*
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I.2.20 (Bar/Brothel of Innulus and Papilio); 3932: Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!
Quote:
To the end of passing a pleasurable period of time, call Philomena
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Latin class would have been a helluva lot more interesting if I knew about this said graffiti.