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Living in Pompeii before Vesuvius' eruption in 79 AD. History and RolePlay under the shadow of this crucial historic event.

Taberna: the business quarter (1 threads, 565 posts)
    Philīs Exotica (55 posts)
    Role Play Thread 0 Featured January 23 , 2004

    The Romans were more interested in regulating prostitution, not eradicating it, in spite of their general contempt for women who became prostitutes. They adopted the idea of state-controlled brothels, or lupinar (house of she-wolves) but it wasn't until the time of the Emperor Augustus that a set of codes governed the behavior, restrictions and privileges of prostitutes. They were forbidden to cover their faces in public, forbidden to wear the color purple, to wear shoes or to put their hair in fillets. They were also required to dye their hair red or yellow. ...
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    Author: * Philippus Marcius - 4 Posts on this thread out of 7 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Nov 24, 2003 - 11:12

    "Iīve got work for you, Sopho." Philippus catches upp with Sopho.

    "Youīll have to go to the harbour. The "Neptuneīs Dream" has just arrived from Alexandria. The captainīs a regular. Iīll come along, he has some items for me."


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