Pompea

known as Pompey since 1599

systematic excavations began in
1860
Pompeii developed from the city
Oska, who is starting from the VIII
century, p. n. e. was influenced by
Greek Kume colonies.
The eruption of Vesuvius on 24
August 79 AD, Pompeii was buried
with ashes. d

 the original Latin is Pompeii, and the

Italian is Pompei
population of Pompeii was about
7,000 to 20,000 inhabitants
After excavation of the ruins of the
city there have been found 504
private homes
There were many strikingly rich
citizens

 Erotica was so explicit, that King Francis I of

Naples in 1819, due to the shock during the
tour of the museum with his wife and daughter,
he ordered that all "compromiting- exhibits
move to a secret room - (La Camera Segretti)
Room is housed in the Archaeological Museum
in Naples
The artists who painted the walls used linear
perspective and create the forms using express
naturalism.

 Prostitution was socially accepted way of

life that enabled Romans to escape
households and then do not have to
respect general norms of behaviors
Prostitution; slaves from conquered lands
and free men from the best paid
businesses
Members of the elite judged prostitutes
Prostitution was inexpensive and easily
available

 prostitutes of both sexes had to be

registered to wearing a toga (usually light
blue)
Women wore light blue men's attire as a
symbol of their occupation
They are registered and supervised by the
city administration (Magistrate) (married
women could be a prostitute!)
They paid taxes like any profession, which
was a great source of income for the country

 Pompey had public baths in the 4th century BC

Visitors were able to engage in physical
exercises, sports, to perform various therapies
(Masato), walk around the gardens, listening to
music, read in library, conduct business and
receive calls
Based on pornographic graffiti on the walls of
the bathroom in Pompeii can be concluded that
the back room bathrooms were used for sexual
activities - 6 public bathrooms were very
popular.

 Rooms where prostitutes performed sexual

activities were small, unattractive buildings
or grouped rooms or along the road that
used the prostitutes who did not work in
bordels.
Members of the elite class despised this
type of public house because it was too
public (and noisy)
Elite was using their own houses and
private rooms to be as discreet as possible

 Holiday apartments and villas of the elite

class: parts of the house were separated
from the living space. They usually had a
separate entrance and it generally
respected the criteria that existed in
brothels.
Public houses were run by pimps, but they
did not have them
The owners of bordels were from the
higher class.

 Lupanar grande - the largest bordel in Pompeii,

located near the Forum and the market
The most famous and oldest public houses in
history had 5 simple small room on the ground
floor, each with separate beds
Many erotic pictures along the corridor linked
the rooms with 5 bedrooms upstairs
In the above areas often there werent any
erotic images those were spaces where
prostitutes slept or had some special purpose

 uparka - male prostitutes

An eight-hour job
Public houses were rarely located at
a great distance from the houses of
members of the upper class
public houses were evenly spaced,
except in the vicinity of the market,
and rules of bordels were respected.

The end