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Brothel room in Pompeii

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13 September 2018
A room in the Pompeian Lupanar
Brothel room in Pompeii | Photo: Chris Williamson, CC BY

Room in Pompeian lupanar with a stone bed. Discoveries in Pompeii allow to presume that the chambers in which prostitutes offered their services had no door; instead curtains were used.

Only stone beds have survived to our times; wood furniture was certainly in use, but they were burnt.

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A print showing the battle of ThapsusBattle of Ruspina and Thapsus Peristyle in the House of Venus in a shell, PompeiiPlan of Roman house Agrippina the Younger - Nero's motherAgrippina the Younger Remains of the rotunda of Nero's palace, where the rotating dining room was also supposed to be locatedNero’s dining room revolved day and night Lucullus came from a distinguished plebeian familyLucius Licinius Lucullus

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