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    CIL 4.5296 (or CLE 950) is a poem found graffitied on the wall of a hallway in Pompeii. Discovered in 1888, it is one of the longest and most elaborate...
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    As (CIL IV, 4150), The house slave Logas, 8 As (CIL IV, 5203) or Maritimus licks your vulva for 4 As. He is ready to serve virgins as well. (CIL IV, 8940)...
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    the famous frescoes for which the villa is named, lies to the right of Room 4, which is a cubiculum often identified as a "nuptial chamber." Though often...
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    S2CID 53518290. Archer, William. The Paintings of the Casa dei Vettii in Pompeii. p. 4. Butterworth, Alex and Ray Laurence. Pompeii: The Living City. New York, St...
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    astrology and the interpretation of dreams. A graffito from Pompeii (CIL 4.5296) expresses the desire of one woman for another: I wish I could hold to...
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    Museums Naples National Archaeological Museum Secret Museum, Naples Artefacts CIL 4.5296 Pompeii Lakshmi Sator Square (CIL IV 8123, 8623)...
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    of feminine gender; CIL 4.5296, as cited by Richlin, "Sexuality in the Roman Empire," p. 347. Brooten, Love between Women, p. 4. Lucian, Dialogues of...
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    del Marinario and Its History («L'Erma» di Bretschneider, 1990), p. 42. CIL 4.5242. Martial, 11.77: "In privies Vacerra consumes the hours; the whole...
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    museum Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of the Faun (Pompeii). 40°45′4.5″N 14°29′4.5″E / 40.751250°N 14.484583°E / 40.751250; 14.484583...
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  • Sulpicia (section Poem 4)
    Commentary. Cambridge Scholars Publisher. Sulpicia (gens) Sulpicia Lepidina CIL 4.5296 Lowe, N. J. (1988). "Sulpicia's syntax". The Classical Quarterly, 38(1)...
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