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The name of the temple was discovered thanks to an inscription in the Oscan language found on the Porta di Stabia gate. This cult enjoyed a particular following in Pompeii due to trade links with Magna Grecia, where it was fairly widespread. A Nucerian tuff-stone altar stands in the courtyard and dates back to between the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C.. The temple itself stands on a tall podium with four Corinthian columns at the front and two at the sides, behind which was the cella where terra-cotta statues of Jupiter and Juno and a bust of Minerva were found. The discovery of the divinities of the Capitoline triad, who were worshipped in the Capitolium in the Forum, ... continue

(Apic. exc. 17) Ingredients:

• 500 g cooked and prepared big shrimps
• 1 tsp green pepper
• 1 tblsp Privet
• 1/2 tsp ground celery seeds
• 2-3 tblsp vinegar
• 100 ml Liquamen (or 1/2 tsp salt)
• 4-5 hacked hard-boiled egg yolks

Instructions:
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Cook shrimps. Then mesh ground pepper, celery seeds and privet. Pour vinegar, Liquamen and egg yolks over it and mix thoroughly. Pour the mixture over the shrimps and serve.

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.