Art, eroticism and representations in ancient Rome

Roman erotic art was not only inspired by the legitimate and illegitimate relations of the Romans, also in the perversions of the emperors, in some religious festivities and in everyday life. For the most interesting videos on blonde teen creampie visit our website.

Roman society was governed by certain rules of conduct and ethics, it was very promiscuous and liberal, especially during the period of the end of the Republic and the High Empire, where sexual relations outside the couple were considered completely normal and where, for free citizens, there was great sexual freedom.

However, a Roman citizen could have sexual relations easily and in parallel with his wife at home, with a man in the hot springs, with a prostitute in a brothel, or obviously also with one or several slaves, and only be criticized if he was not able of keeping everything in its place.

Homosexuality was also not frowned upon in ancient Rome, and spoiled by men who assumed an active attitude in sexual relations. These relationships maintained very precise rules, in which there was always a master and a subject, the latter being almost always young people of a lower social class or slaves.

Prostitutes were educated for conversation and pleasure, had to wear different clothes, dye their hair or wear yellow wigs and were registered in a register. In I d.C. The registry had 32,000 registered prostitutes. The Lupanares were the dating houses of the time. Its exterior walls were decorated with murals alluding to sex to be visibly identified. In addition, during the night, they were identified with a large illuminated phallus.

One of the rituals of ancient Rome with more sexual load and whose purpose was the exaltation of fertility, was the feast of the Lupercals, which were held every February 15 around the Palatine Hill. Its name derives from lupus (wolf), in reference to the Faper Luperco, Romanization of the Greek Pan, god of forests, agriculture and grazing. Luperco was the god of fertility and unbridled male sexuality, endowed with great power and sexual appetite.

The cult of the phallus

The cult to the phallus, has an ancient and considerable tradition in almost all the ancient cultures of any point of the globe, since the survival of the group was closely linked to both the fertility of women and the fertility of nature itself, so that the cult of the phallus was a means of guaranteeing this fertility.

The phallus in Latin culture was also venerated as the personification of the god Fascinus: the midwives adorned it with crowns of flowers and their cult was entrusted to the Roman Vestales, whose mission was to ward off the fascinum or evil eye, produce the Germination of dried plants and favor the delivery of sterile females. To do this, they carried out a procession through the countryside between lustful chants, which refers us to their original agricultural function; to later be deposited in the temple located in one of the oldest hills of Rome, the Velia.

The phallus was a symbol of fertility

In Greco-Latin mythology there are numerous divinities represented with the erect penis. Dionysus (Bacchus), and his son Priapus (Fascinus), as well as Hermes (Mercury) and his son Pan. Each of these divinities had more or less influence according to times and places. In Roman culture, the images of Priapus stand out with their huge phallus, which were located at the entrance of gardens and orchards, to scare away thieves and vermin.

In many Roman weddings, during premarital rites, the Roman bride sat astride the image of a phallus, which represented Mutinus Tutinus, a phallic deity of marriage, as preparation for intercourse and to prevent sterility.

It served as protection against the evil eye

The evil eye (fascination) was a widespread belief in Roman society, it was the pernicious influence, that a person can exert on everything around him, without resorting to any ceremony or magic formula, sometimes without intending it or against it even of his will. The Romans were very superstitious and feared the evil eye almost as much as death. So they searched in magic, in witchcraft and in superstition the causes and solutions to everything that traditional medicine could not cure. So there was a whole repertoire of amulets, spells and talismans against the evil eye, where, especially, the use of phallic symbols stood out.

Phallic amulets (Fascinum), widely used for children, until the taking of the virile gown at age 17 and for women, especially among pregnant women. These amulets were of different shapes, sizes and materials, although they were usually small and were hung around the neck by a ring, suspended by a small chain or leather strap.

 The "fist and phallus amulet" was frequent