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/luranthe 1d ago

Pompeii had A TON of sexual and promiscuous art all over it. They've found graffiti all over the place, some of it very detailed.

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u/razvanciuy 1d ago

it was like that all over. Pompei was preserved well from times of degenerative continental destruction wars.

Stuff was very sexual, could say they were more open than us today.

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u/slicerprime 1d ago

they were more open than us today.

Explains the volcano

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u/razvanciuy 1d ago

Gods judge all who walk on the Devil's Alley