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The term amphitheatre is literally defined as the space for the spectators that runs all round the arena. The commemorative inscription attributes its construction to the highest officials in Pompeii, Caius Quintus Valgus and Marcus Portius, who also built the Odeion shortly after the town had acquired the status of Roman colony. The Pompeian Amphitheatre is classed as the oldest of all existing buildings of this kind. To allow easy access, it was built in an area on the outskirts of the town with comparatively few buildings and it was inserted into a corner formed by the town walls in order to make use of the existing embankments on two of its sides. About 20000 peop ... continue

(Apic. 7, 11, 4) Ingredients:

• 140 gr plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ˝ tsp ground rosemary
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 70 gr ground almonds
• 50 ml white grape juice
• 50 ml passum(or other 50ml white grape juice)
• 2 tbsp honey
• Milk
• Chopped hazelnuts

Instructions:
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Mix the flour in a bowl with the baking powder. Add the rosemary, almonds and cinnamon to the bowl. Mix well. ... 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.