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LESSON 5 · Rise & Fall of Rome

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What's the most common type of graffiti found in Pompeii?

Crude sexual jokes and bathroom humor

Over 11,000 graffiti inscriptions have been found. Many are remarkably vulgar — insults, boasts about sexual conquests, and complaints about bowel movements. Romans were just as crude as modern teenagers.

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