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Roman oil lamp

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Roman oil lamp
Roman oil lamp

Roman oil lamp from c. 75-125 CE in the shape of a comic mask showing a slave with a wicked and mocking expression on his face. The Roman sense of humour was based on mockery and used bawdy and rude phrases in-jokes.

There was also a lot of brutalities in pranks, which was naturally a reflection of Roman society.

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