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Roman Sexuality

Social and legal implications of Roman sexuality, homosexuality, prostitution.
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Quiz on roman marriage (matrimonium)

Self-grading multiple choice quiz on ancient Roman marriage.

Legal Opinions on Prostitution

Selections from Justinian's the Corpus Iuris Civilis [The Code of Civil Law].

Standard Roman Male Sexuality

Standard Roman sexuality may well have involved what we look upon as homosexuality, but which may not have been so considered by the Romans themselves.

Non-Standard Roman Male Sexuality

Greek sexuality was often looked on as perversion by the Romans.

Matrimonium

Article on Matrimonium (marriage) in ancient Greece and Rome, from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898).

Matrimonium

Article on Matrimonium (marriage) in ancient Greece and Rome, from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898).

Notes on Roman Prostitutes, Brothels, and Prostitution

Ancient Roman prostitutes, harlots, brothels and other houses of prostitution. Notes from a public domain translation of Petronius, by W. C. Firebaugh, on the history of prostitutes in ancient Rome.

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