Works Cited
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_in_ancient_Rome
Sexuality in Ancient Rome
Authors that contribute to understanding Roman sexuality
Literature and Art
Sex, and Religion
Catullus- range of erotic experience
Cicero- speeches attack the oppositions sexual conduct
Ovid- emphasize rape, using mythology
Four Categories:
Legal Texts, Medical Texts, Poetry, and Political Discourse.
Legal texts is what Romans wanted to regulate, or prohibit.
Sexuality was supported by religious traditions. Sexuality was also an important part of Roman religious thought.
Male Sexuality
it was socially acceptable for men
to want sex from men, and women,
as long as he had the dominate role.