Sex in Ancient Rome
The Ancients
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Ancient Romans believed in a golden age when men were chaste and women stayed at home. But the time we live in now is not like that, they say wherever they're living. They bring in adultery laws which are very unfair on women as they sleep with anybody who's not the husband. Whereas with men, it's only three born women or other married men,. That doesn't count as adultery. So, yeu. ther as ot of great emphasis on chastity in ancient rome, on women's chastity, and a lot of hand ringing about it - you get these morality laws into thine in force chastity.
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