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This covered theatre situated near the Large Theatre was mainly used for concerts, although it was also the chosen venue for poetry recitals. It was built by the same two duumviri responsible for the construction of the Amphitheatre during the early years of the Roman colony in an area which had originally been developed by the Samnites. The tiered seating was cut away to one side to allow the construction of a perimeter wall designed to support the foursided roof. The first seats in front of the orchestra hemicycle, which was paved with slabs of coloured marble chips, were reserved for the decurions and were laid out on top of four rows of wide tuffstone steps. The ti ... continue

(Apic. 7, 13, 4) Ingredients:

• 4 lbs. mushrooms
• 1 bunch of coriander
• 4 cups of caroenum (red wine, simmered until reduced by about 1/2 cup)

Instructions:
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Wash mushrooms and coriander. Halve mushrooms unless they're small. Place mushrooms and coriander in reduced wine and simmer 10 minutes. Remove coriander. Let cool and put away in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours.

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.