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A mosaic depicting a growling dog and the well-known words of warning ‘cave canem’ (beware of the dog) is the decoration found near the entrance of this medium-sized, imperial style house opposite the Forum baths. The house has a Tuscan atrium and a peristyle with lararium situated on the rear wall. The atrium leads into the cubicula (bedrooms) and the tablinum. The house derives its name from a fine mosaic with a theatrical scene which was found in this tablinum along with paintings representing episodes from the Iliad. These finds are now exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. To the right of the peristyle we find the triclinium whose frescoes a ... continue

(Apic. exc. 7) Ingredients:

• 6 whole herring or mackerel, gutted (or 4 cod fillets)
• 4 turnips
• 2 + 2 tbsp olive oil
• 100 + 300 ml white wine
• 150 ml water
• 20 g butter
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp laurel berries (or juniper berries)
• Pinch of saffron
• 1 tbsp cornflour

Instructions:
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First peel the turnips and boil until soft. Pour off the excess water and mash them with butter. Spread this mash on a serving plate. Fillet the fish and poach them lightly in a mi ... 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.