Lupanar
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The Lupanar is the ruined building of an ancient Roman brothel in the city of Pompeii. It is of particular interest for the erotic paintings on its walls, and is also known as the Lupanare Grande or t
The Lupanar at VII, 12, 18–20. Vico del Lupanare is on the right. Vico del Balcone is to the left.
The upper floor can be seen here prior to the changes made to it.
Inside the entrance to the Lupanar
Graffiti inside the Lupanar
Bulla Regia
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Bulla Regia was a Berber, Punic, and Roman town near present-day Jendouba, Tunisia. Its surviving ruins and archaeological site are noted for their Hadrianic-era semi-subterranean housing, a protectio
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…to wear a lead collar. The collar featured an inscription that read, "Adultera [is my name], I am a prostitute. Restrain [me] because I have fled from Bulla Regia." Historians have noted that a blacksmith would have hammered the collar shut whilst around her neck. The collar was found still wrapped around the…
Entrance to the archaeological site of Bulla Regia
Bulla Regia
A coin from Bulla Regia with the Punic legend bbʿl
Mosaic from the House of Amphitrite