It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. THE BROTHEL OF POMPEII SEX, CLASS, AND GENDER AT THE MARGINS OF ROMAN SOCIETY SARAH LEVIN-RICHARDSON University of Washington, Seattle University Printing House, Cambridge cb2 8bs, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, ny 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge.
Her cowritten article, “Lusty Ladies in the Roman Imaginary,” received the Barbara McManus Award for Best Published Paper from the Women’s Classical Caucus in 2017. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the American Academy in Rome and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Sarah Levin-Richardson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle. Written in a clear, engaging style and accompanied by ample illustrations and translations of humorous and haunting graffitti, Levin-Richardson’s book will become a new touchstone for those interested in the history of women, slavery, and prostitution in the classical world. Here, prostitutes could flout the norms of society and proclaim themselves sexual subjects and agents, while servile clients were allowed to act as “real men.” Prostitutes and clients also exchanged gifts, greetings, jokes, taunts, and praise. Taking readers on a tour of the structure, including the rarely seen upper floor, she illuminates the subculture housed within its walls. THE BROTHEL OF POMPEII In this book, Sarah Levin-Richardson offers the first authoritative examination of Pompeii’s purpose-built brothel, the only verifiable brothel from Greco-Roman antiquity.
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