Un-Roman Sex: Gender, Sexuality, and Lovemaking in the Roman Provinces and Frontiers

By Tatiana Ivleva Ancient World, Author Interviews

New and emerging ideas on the subject of sex, gender, and sexuality in the Roman provinces.

The Brothel of Pompeii

By Sarah Levin-Richardson Ancient World, Author Interviews

Pompeii’s brothel is the only verifiable brothel from Greco-Roman antiquity.

Disembodied Desire

By Josh Adair Medicine and the Body

For Victorians, the hand served as an acceptable object of fixation upon which to leer and project meaning and fantasy.