Curse words for weak and bad are connected to femininity, and so on. That cultural paradigm is still pretty strong today.
Our word virile, for example, comes from the Latin word vir, for man. On one hand, it’s had a profound impact on eurocentric and Anglophone countries. The ancient Roman view of masculinity is at once strikingly familiar and totally alien. Put them together and cohesive worldviews begin to emerge. Love poetry, sacred writings, brothel tokens, even filthy graffiti. Sexuality is one of the most difficult topics to explore historically, since it’s often left out of the record, but in the case of ancient Rome, we’ve got a lot of records. The above is a choice piece of raunchy Latin graffiti preserved for the ages when Vesuvius exploded and covered Pompeii in ash in 79 CE. Thank you so much to our hosts for having us, and to all of you for reading along! Elisa_rolle Hello and welcome to the last week of Riptide Publishing’s Warriors of Rome month! We’re Heidi Belleau and Violetta Vane, and all week, we’ll be posting across the web chatting about our heartpounding new novel Mark of the Gladiator, Roman history in general, and dropping a few sexy gladiator-related surprises along the way! For a complete tour listing, please check out the Riptide website, but first, read on for today’s post, and don’t forget to leave us a comment for today’s chance at winning our week-long contest!
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