Roman Passions: A History of Pleasure in Imperial RomeImmerse yourself in the sensual delights of Rome in all their guises. |
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Roman Passions | 1 |
Into the World of Roman Pleasure | 9 |
The Emperors Pleasures | 21 |
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amphitheatre ancient antiquity Apicius architecture aristocracy Baiae bathhouse baths body buildings Caligula Campus Martius Cassius Dio century BCE Cicero cinaedus Claudius collection Colosseum construction consumption Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum created culture of pleasure dance death destruction dining room dinner discussion dishes display Domitian drinking emperor Augustus Empire enemy enjoyed Epigrams example famous female Forum freed slaves Fresco gardens Getty gifts Greek guests History of Rome horti human humiliation images imperial Italy Julius Caesar Juvenal landscape luxury male Martial modern monuments Natural History Nero Nero's palace pantomime penetrated performance perhaps Petronius Phlegon of Tralles plebs Pliny the Elder Pompeii produced punishment revealed Roman culture Rome's Satires Saturnalia Satyrica scenes sculpture second century seen Sejanus senators Seneca sesterces sexual song spectacle statues Suetonius Tacitus taste temple theatre Tiberius Titus Trajan Trimalchio Vespasian villa violence wealth wine women writer young