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In the north-eastern corner of the Forum stood the covered market where the townspeople could buy the food they needed. Built during the Augustan age, its main entrances in the Forum and Via degli Augustali were lined with shops. It originally had a secondary entrance on Vico del Balcone Pensile which was later closed off when the Temple of the Public Lares was built. The entrance under the colonnade in the Forum was divided into two gateways by a votive aedicule and led into the open space which was originally surrounded by a portico. A number of shops opened out onto the right-hand side of Macellum while the rear wall was divided in three areas. The central room acte ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
LEPOREM FARSUM (Stuffed Roast Hare)
(Apic. 8, 8, 3) Ingredients:
1 whole hare or rabbit
225 g whole pine kernels
100 g shelled almonds
100 g chopped mixed nuts
25 g peppercorns
2 eggs, beaten
Rue (or celery leaves)
1 small onion, chopped
100 g stoned dates, chopped
1 tbsp Liquamen (or soya sauce)
2 tbsp spiced wine (basically mulled wine)
Instructions:
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Mix together the pine kernels, almonds, chopped nuts, peppercorns and the chopped giblets of the hare or rabbit. Bind this mixture with ... continue
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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.