{"id":102157,"date":"2022-02-10T16:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=ciekawostki&#038;p=102157"},"modified":"2022-02-12T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T08:30:18","slug":"roman-tombstone-with-humorous-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/roman-tombstone-with-humorous-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman tombstone with humorous dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting information was left by the Roman tombstone of Lucius Calidius Eroticus and his wife Fannia Voluptatis. The object was found in Isernia, in southern Italy, and dates back to the 1st-2nd century CE. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The tombstone inscription says:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"center\">\n<p class=\"quote\">Calidius Eroticus made [this monument] for himself and Fannia Voluptas while still alive.<br \/>\n\u2013 Innkeeper! Let\u2019s work out the bill!<br \/>\n\u2013 You\u2019ve had a sextarius of wine, and bread: one as. Relish, two asses.<br \/>\n\u2013 Okay.<br \/>\n\u2013 the girl, eight asses.<br \/>\n\u2013 That\u2019s okay too.<br \/>\n\u2013 Hay for the mule, two asses.<br \/>\n\u2013 That bloody mule will be the ruin of me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the researchers note, it is possible that the tombstone also served as an advertisement for an inn and, as you can see, playful dialogue.<br \/>\nThe male and female nicknames themselves are interesting. Acclaimed historian Mary Beard translates the nicknames Eroticus and Voluptatis as &#8220;Mr Hot Sex&#8221; and &#8220;Madame Gorgeous&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102155,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[61],"class_list":["post-102157","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-artifact"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/102157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/102157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=102157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}