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A mosaic depicting a growling dog and the well-known words of warning ‘cave canem’ (beware of the dog) is the decoration found near the entrance of this medium-sized, imperial style house opposite the Forum baths. The house has a Tuscan atrium and a peristyle with lararium situated on the rear wall. The atrium leads into the cubicula (bedrooms) and the tablinum. The house derives its name from a fine mosaic with a theatrical scene which was found in this tablinum along with paintings representing episodes from the Iliad. These finds are now exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. To the right of the peristyle we find the triclinium whose frescoes a ... continue

(Apic. 8, 7, 8) Ingredients:

• 1 suckling pig
• Pepper
• Lovage (or chopped celery leaves)
• Caraway seed
• Celery seed
• Rue
• 2 drops asafoetida essence
• 3 tsp Liquamen (or soya sauce)
• 3 tbsp white wine
• 1 tbsp Passum
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp cornflour

Instructions:
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Clean the pig, sprinkle with salt and roast at 180°C for 55 minutes per kg plus 50 minutes. Whi ... 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.