Gay Gladiators in pompeii 🏳️‍🌈

Two Roman gladiators in armor inside a sandy arena with an audience in the background

AMORIS TABELLAE POMPEIANAE

(scarpta pariete — scratched on a wall)

TE FVTVO
nulla alia via est
te volo semper
te cogito semper
te fvtuo
iteru
iteru
non desino

ESVRIO MALE
diu expectavi
nunc esvrio
fames vera
bestia so

OS TVOM
os tvom
maledicta voluptas
hercle
bonu est

LINGVA
lingva tva
et mea
per totu te
te perdo
oscula me

OSCVLA
oscula
nunc
fac

MI PLACET
omnia placent
sed te solum volo

NON POESIS
tace
vide me
cupias me
non licet
aperi os
pare
dole paulu
hoc amo

SINE FRENO
lente incipit
finem habet
te rumpo
simula resistere
cede
gaude

DVRVS NVNC
satis amor mollis
ostende
quantu velis
nunc

NON AMOR
non amor
sexus bonu tantu

DIC MIHI
qvae vox te insanum facit
dic
in facie iacio
donec perdas te

SCIS BENE
de te loqvor
semper

SOMNIA
vivat amor
vivat sexus
vivat mendacia
fortasse te habeo
in somnis

GRAVE
caelu grave
nos memini
et illu
scis

FERRVM
nullae catenae
periculu tantu
ferru

ODOR
sudor
bestia
te seqvor
te capio
cum cedis
intellego
amor
paulu
postea
silentiu
sudor
semen
ubique

Ancient graffiti on stone wall with Latin text and drawings in Roman street

AMORIS NOTAE POMPEIANAE

Love notes in Pompeii
(quasi in pariete scarptae)

I
MARCVS LVCIAE
SEMPER COGITAT
SEMPER VVLTVM
SEMPER CORPVS
VOLO TE
ITERVM

II
ESVRIO
DIU EXPECTAVI
IAM FAMES
VERA
BESTIA SVM

III
OS TVVM
VOLVPTAS EST
HERCLE SVAVE
NIMIS

IV
LINGVA TVA
ET MEA
PER TOTVM TE
OSCVLA DA

V
TACE
VIDE ME
CVPIAS ME
PARE

VI
NON VERSVS
SED IGNIS
IN CORPORE

VII
PRIMO LENITER
POSTEA CEDIS
ET RIDES

VIII
NON AMOR
SED BENE FACTVM

IX
DE TE LOQVOR
SEMPER
TV SCIS

X
IN SOMNIS
FORTASSE TE INVENIO

XI
CAELVM GRAVE
NOS MEMINIT

XII
SVDOR
SILENTIVM
AMOR
PAVLVM

— Adam Donaldson Powell

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