Brothel of Pompeii

In this book, Sarah Levin-Richardson offers the first authoritative examination of Pompeii''s purpose-built brothel, the only verifiable brothel from Greco-Roman antiquity. Taking readers on a tour of all of the structure''s evidence, including the rarely seen upper floor, she illuminates the subculture housed within its walls. Here, prostitutes could flout the norms of society and proclaim themse...