I would have enjoyed doing this to Roman women as well...
Oral sex has been around for a long time, as this Roman wall painting from Pompeii shows. For those of you who may not know, Pompeii was an upper middle class city destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., at the height of the Roman Empire. Buried under volcanic ash for centuries, it was rediscovered in 1599 and has since then been mostly excavated. It is the most well preserved Roman city from antiquity and presents us with a unique insight into the every day life in the Roman world at that time.
I find this painting interesting, showing as it does that cunnilingus was not unknown in antiquity. How widespread it was is of course hard to say, but that it did occur is obvious from this painting. It would be interesting to know how many people from that time may have found this image stimulating, or just curious.
And again, as this painting shows, erotica, both art and writing, has been around for millennia. The study of antiquity usually reveals how much human nature stays the same over long periods of time and even places. An enjoyment of things erotic seems to be part of that unchanging nature.
The Chase 
brightstormyday said:
You shortened this post!
Racer X said:
Yes, sometimes I will edit a post after I have posted it quickly, if there is material in it I do not like. This was one of those posts. The next day I read it and did not like some things so I took them out. One of the risks of blogging is posting things too quickly, before you are really sure you want to post them. I have come to realize that waiting a day before posting something you have just written seems to be a good practice, since it gives you time to make whatever changes you like.
brightstormyday said:
LOL. Are you still going to do the field research?
Racer X said:
Haha…yes, I still on planning on doing that field research. Perhaps I will write a separate post on it.
I might need an assistant. If you are interesting you can apply. I think you would you make an excellent candidate for the job. Plus it would look good on your resume.
brightstormyday said:
Hmmm….what would that entail? If it does what I think it does, I don’t really swing that way.
Racer X said:
Actually, I was thinking of you with a clipboard, taking meticulous notes, while I was conducting my research. Your hair would be pulled back, you would be dressed in a white lab coat, and you would be wearing glasses. Beneath the lab coat you would have a skirt on, slightly below the knees, and a soft blouse. Beneath the skirt you would be wearing your lacy black panties.
After observing me conducting my experiments for a period of time, you would become so turned on that you would demand I satisfy you as well, which I would gladly do, in more ways than one.
Unlike the objects of my formal experiment however, you would get the special, full experience of various pleasures in different ways.
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Lily said:
Just watched great documentary of Pompeii on television. I have been there & knew about the erotic art (I think it’s in a private part of the museum at naples but read about special exhibition last year) butfascinating. One thing was twins in their teens whose skeletons showed they had been born with congenital syphilis. Predating previous thinking on syphilis being brought back by Columbus et al 1400 years later.
Excavations also showed the twins had been well looked after by family etc though they were poor.
Another interesting thing was though we think of slaves as doing menial work etc some professions which we think of quite high status today were sometimes done by slaves eg doctor.
And plenty of sex stuff too, lots of penis imagery in lamps etc lol
Racer X said:
Yeah, I have been to Pompeii too, it is certainly a fascinating place.
Your are right, many of the more educated professions in Rome were conducted by slaves, usually Greek slaves. Many of the more wealthy households would have had a Greek tutor, for instance. One of the fathers of Latin poetry, Livius Andronichus, was actually a Greek slave. The Greek world was more culturally and intellectually advanced than the Roman world for most of antiquity, so this is not all that unusual. But then again slavery was just an accepted part of life back then.
Lily said:
They were so highly specialised too. I remember years ago finding out that some roman ladies had one that would tweeze leghair.
Interesting about the Greek slaves, thank you.