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Episode CXX - Adultery

Emperors of Rome

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Rianan evans, senior lecturer in classics and ancient history at latrob university. Adultery is having sex outside of marriage but only for married women. For a man there are certain categories of other people that he can sleep with. They would call that adulteria on his part. Akais there's good adultery and bad adultery? Yes, and they wouldn't call it adultery. If it's its the good kind, it nacceptable. Akai, it's never acceptable for a married woman. There's a double standard in roman society, as there are in so many bas along gender terms. This is episode c x x.

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