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15 October 2022
Satyr embracing a nymph, fresco from the house of Epigram at Pompeii
Under Roman law , sexual intercourse stuprum ). This word is often used by Roman writers also in the context of the violation of Roman rights of freedom in relation to free-born women of both sexes.
Understandably, these prohibitions did not apply to relations with slaves or slaves , because they were treated as commodities, thus everything was allowed here.
Sources Sławomir Jędraszek, Rzym czyli sex w wiecznym mieście ,"Inne Oblicza Historii", 18.02.2011
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