Public Health In Herculaneum

Ancient graffiti is always fascinating, but doubly so when it says:

“Slaves will be beaten on their behinds.”

Turns out, if you examine the context, it’s from a warning about the penalties for defecating near a public water distribution tower (one of those utilitarian fountain things that Roman cities had).

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blubbering blonde with a beaten ass
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