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This house is attributed to M. Lucretius because his name appears as addressee on a letter depicted, with a kit for writing letters, in a wall painting in a room near the garden. He was an important figure who held the office of decurion in the city and was a priest of Mars. This patrician house had fine wall paintings, now mostly in the Archaeological Museum in Naples. In the atrium there are still some frescoes in IV style with imaginary architectures, and in the tablinum the Triumphs of Bacchus with a satyr and a Victory. There must also have been various panel paintings in the tablinum which unfortunately have been lost. The atrium lacks a central impluvium and ... continue

(Apic. 8, 1, 9) Ingredients:

• Large joint of Boar
• pinch of black peppercorns
• large pinch of lovage
• large pinch of celery leaves
• large pinch of rue
• pinch of cumin seeds
• pinch of fennel seeds
• pinch of origany
• 1 garlic
• Liquamen (or salt)
• 150 ml passum (or, in this case, pork or chicken stock)
• 100 ml red wine
• 1 tbsp honey
• Starch

Instructions:
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Roast the boar (2 hours for kilo) in oven 180° C. Meanwhile, place all ... continue

Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.