Sex in Ancient Rome
The Ancients
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The Penis of the Palace in the Roman Empire
From a 20 first century viewpoint, it sounds as if perhaps a key reason why there is so much public sexual imagery is for comedy. You meant to laugh at these things. Ene gros sized penus is a kind of running gag. And a lot of roman comedy and literature and art, if you think of going back to ancient greece and the csaters on the vases, they got their grossly enlarged penuses,. or theyrekow having their wayof o wine skin. It's a joke. It's something to laugh at.
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