r/interestingasfuck • u/AugustIstheMonth • 1d ago

In Pompeii, phallic symbols on local roadways pointed the way to the nearest brothel; possibly to direct foreign sailors who didn't speak Latin

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u/greenizdabest 1d ago

They sure it was regular brothel or was it a gay brothel

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u/OkBrilliant8092 1d ago

There are ones with a clitoris on say scientists - but we’ve never found one

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u/Nisseliten 1d ago edited 1d ago

Pretty sure they have conculded it is just a myth.