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This temple was built after the earthquake of 62 A.D. as a place of worship for the cult of the Emperor and has a facade projecting slightly further out than the building of Eumachia. A central door leads into a space in front of the inner sanctuary which is bounded on the front side by four columns. Inside these, a staircase on either side led up to a podium on which stood the cella containing the cult statue. Behind the sacellum were three rooms used for the officiators both of this temple and of the adjacent Temple of the Lares which could be reached via a communicating doorway. A marble altar with bas-relief sculptures can be seen in the centre of the sanctuary. ... continue

(Apic. 8, 1, 9) Ingredients:

• Large joint of Boar
• pinch of black peppercorns
• large pinch of lovage
• large pinch of celery leaves
• large pinch of rue
• pinch of cumin seeds
• pinch of fennel seeds
• pinch of origany
• 1 garlic
• Liquamen (or salt)
• 150 ml passum (or, in this case, pork or chicken stock)
• 100 ml red wine
• 1 tbsp honey
• Starch

Instructions:
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Roast the boar (2 hours for kilo) in oven 180° C. Meanwhile, place all ... 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.