Ancient Graffiti from Pompeii

[silver 2039]

http://www.pompeiana.org/Resources/Ancient/Graffiti from Pompeii.htm

Heh some of this isn't quite so different than what you might expect to be found in today's bathrooms.

I.2.20 (Bar/Brothel of Innulus and Papilio); 3932: Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!


I.2.23 (peristyle of the Tavern of Verecundus); 3951: Restitutus says: “Restituta, take off your tunic, please, and show us your hairy privates”.


I.4.5 (House of the Citharist; below a drawing of a man with a large nose); 2375: Amplicatus, I know that Icarus is buggering you. Salvius wrote this.

I.10.4 (exterior of the House of Menander); 8304: Satura was here on September 3rd

 

[Onionsoilder]

I like the first one.

 

[Sharwood]

I'm writing the damn first one at some point. It's hilarious. I love the fact even though this was clearly said as colloquial slang, due to the peculiarities of Latin its written form is extremely formal.

 

[negZero]

Where is the "Caesar doesn't care about black people" one?

 

[Gooblah]

Herculaneum (on the exterior wall of a house); 10619: Apollinaris, the doctor of the emperor Titus, defecated well here

I love the formality behind this.

 

[innonimatu]

Very funny. And it's impressive that there are so many graffiti. Literacy must have been reasonably high for that age in ancient Italy.

Oh, and they must have had s*it everywhere!

 

[raketooy]

VIII.7.6 (Inn of the Muledrivers; left of the door); 4957: We have wet the bed, host. I confess we have done wrong. If you want to know why, there was no chamber pot

This one is so honest.

 

[Rubble10]

Haha. I remember once when, at university, a punk had spray-painted one of those phrases of ancient Roman graffiti on the entrance going into the main building, he used the scapegoat that he was "appreciating history"! Of course, that didn't lessen the punishment, but oh well, a good laugh regardless. Hehe.

The first on was particularly hilarious.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

I.10.4 (near the rear entrance vestibule of the House of Menander); 8356: At Nuceria, look for Novellia Primigenia near the Roman gate in the prostitute’s district.

And ask for Bruce.

II.2.3 (Bar of Athictus; right of the door); 8442: I screwed the barmaid

VI.16.15 (atrium of the House of Pinarius); 6842: If anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my girl friend

That's a nice one.

VII.6.35 (Brothel of Venus; on the Vico dei Soprastanti opposite the Vicolo del Gallo); 1645: May Love burn in some lonely mountains whoever wants to rape my girl friend!

That's also a nice one.

VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1882: The one who buggers a fire burns his penis

Somebody's got the herpes.

 

[Sharwood]

Anyone know what the word box says? I recognise two words, but not the other two.

 

[Irish Caesar]

VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1842: Gaius Pumidius Dipilus was here on October 3rd 78 BC.

I may have to call BS...

 

[Sharwood]

I may have to call BS...

Why? Something about the date jump out at you?

 

[Evie]

Rather, yes.

Unless somebody translated the date into modern calendar.

 

[Sharwood]

Rather, yes.

Unless somebody translated the date into modern calendar.

Which they obviously did. Much as they translated the words into a modern language.

 

[Evie]

Yeah, that would be the most likely answer.

If not for the fact that none of the links on the website appear to work, which lead me to suspect it may also be someone with a sense of humor who didn't particularly care to make it a really believable hoax.

It could be either.

 

[silver 2039]

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127000

Apparently there's another CFC thread on this.

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=000816;p=1 and it seems to be real.

 

[Sharwood]

Yeah, that would be the most likely answer.

If not for the fact that none of the links on the website appear to work, which lead me to suspect it may also be someone with a sense of humor who didn't particularly care to make it a really believable hoax.

It could be either.

Never bothered to click on any of the links, I assumed Silver had found a proper website. If it's a hoax, it's one hell of an entertaining one. That first piece of graffiti is one of the funniest things I've seen written down, ever.

 

[Bugfatty300]

Never bothered to click on any of the links, I assumed Silver had found a proper website. If it's a hoax, it's one hell of an entertaining one. That first piece of graffiti is one of the funniest things I've seen written down, ever.

I'm already selling shirts on E-bay.

 

[LightSpectra]

This kind of stuff reminds me that human beings were always humans, and they did the same shenanigans a thousand and two thousand years ago. Bravo.

 

[EquinoxOmega]

Have you ever been in the Lupanere(whore house) of Pompeij. They have very detailed paintings of their services there. An other funny (well it's not a graffiti) thing in Pompeij is the "Beware of Dog"-sign in front of a villa.