{"id":53327,"date":"2019-08-19T22:34:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/ciekawostka\/obscene-graffiti-of-ancient-romans\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T21:26:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:26:27","slug":"obscene-graffiti-of-ancient-romans","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/obscene-graffiti-of-ancient-romans\/","title":{"rendered":"Obscene graffiti of ancient Romans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013, during conservation work on the wall of the corridor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/roman-architecture\/roman-buildings\/colosseum\/\">Colosseum<\/a>, scientists noticed a previously overlooked drawing of a <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/phallus-symbol-in-roman-and-greek-world\/\">phallus<\/a> erection &#8211; dated to the third century CE. It turns out that ancient supporters inscribed such phalluses on the walls to ensure the success of their favorites, i.e. <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-society\/entertainment-in-ancient-rome\/gladiator-fights\/\">gladiators<\/a>. What else did the Romans place on the walls?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have found similar dirty drawings and notes on the walls of in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/pompeii\/\">Pompeii<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/herculaneum\/\">Herculaneum<\/a>. They mention erotic matters as well as everyday life. Here are some of them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-army\/units-of-roman-army\/roman-legion\/\">legion<\/a>, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men\u2019s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than when they ever have before!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Theophilus, don\u2019t perform oral sex on girls against the city wall like a <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/article\/dog-in-ancient-rome\/\">dog<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Apollinaris, the doctor of the emperor Titus, defecated well here<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Restituta, take off your tunic, please, and show us your hairy privates<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I was fucking with the bartender<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Secundus likes to screw boys<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Phileros is a eunuch!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Cruel Lalagus, why do you not love me?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I made bread on April 19th<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gaius Sabinus says a fond hello to Statius. Traveler, you eat bread <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/discoveries\/in-pompeii-found-inscription-that-could-change-date-of-vesuvius-eruption-in-79-ce\/\">in Pompeii<\/a> but you go to Nuceria to drink. At Nuceria, the drinking is better<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Anyone who wants to defecate in this place is advised to move along. If you act contrary to this warning, you will have to pay a penalty. Children must pay [number missing] silver coins. Slaves will be beaten on their behinds.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Epaphra doesn&#8217;t play football well<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You can ride your maid whenever you want. It&#8217;s your right<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pyrrhus to his colleague Chius: I grieve because I hear you have died; and so farewell<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>O walls, you have held up so much tedious graffiti that I am amazed that you have not already collapsed in ruin<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>My lusty son, with how many women have you had sexual relations?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>If anyone sits here, let him read this first of all: if anyone wants a screw, he should look for Attice; she costs 4 sestertii.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Samius to Cornelius: go hang yourself!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>If anyone does not believe in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/gods-of-ancient-rome\/list-of-roman-gods\/venus-roman-goddess\/\">Venus<\/a>, they should gaze at my girl friend<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>To the one defecating here. Beware of the curse. If you look down on this curse, may you have an angry <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/gods-of-ancient-rome\/list-of-roman-gods\/jupiter\/\">Jupiter<\/a> for an enemy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We have wet the bed, host. I confess we have done wrong. If you want to know why, there was no chamber pot<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What a lot of tricks you use to deceive, innkeeper. You sell water but drink unmixed wine<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The finance officer of the emperor <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/nero\/\">Nero<\/a> says the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-society\/eating-habits-of-romans\/\">food<\/a> here is poison<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gaius was here<\/em> &#8211; the oldest graffiti, dated 78 BCE; found in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/pompeii\/\">Pompeii<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Vote for Isidorus for <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-republic\/roman-offices\/aedile\/\">aedile<\/a>, he licks cunts the best<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40080,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[77],"class_list":["post-53327","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-unknown-facts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/53327","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\/53327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=53327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}