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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
An early photo of one of the tiny cubicles in the lupanar brothel at Pompeii. The base of the bed was stone and we assume pillows blankets etc covered the hard surface. Erotic images were painted on the walls probably for both visual purposes and for what services might be available in that room, particularly if the slave sex worker did not speak Latin/Greek. This room is smaller than a modern day prison isolation cell, so due to the huge amount of rooms making money for the owner as slaves were not paid, this made running or owning a brothel a very lucrative prospect indeed.
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Been there. Here are a couple pictures of the art work I took. The Mrs. and I joked, “Yeah, I’ll take the number 4.”
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