The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World
CHAPTER IV. ROME.
Laws governing Prostitution.--Floralian Games.--Registration of Prostitutes.--Purity of Morals.--Julian Law.--Ædiles.-- Classes of Prostitutes.--Loose Prostitutes.--Various Classes of lewd Women.--Meretrices.--Dancing Girls.--Bawds.--Male Prostitutes.--Houses of Prostitution.--Lupanaria.--Cells of Prostitutes.--Houses of Assignation.--Fornices.--Circus.-- Baths.--Taverns.--Bakers' Shops.--Squares and Thoroughfares.--Habits and Manners of Prostitutes.--Social standing.--Dress.--Rate of Hire.--Virgins in Roman Brothels.--Kept Women.--Roman Poets.--Ovid.--Martial.--Roman Society.--Social Corruption.--Conversation.--Pictures and Sculptures.--Theatricals.--Baths.--Religious Indecencies.-- Marriage Feasts.--Emperors.--Secret Diseases.--Celsus.-- Roman Faculty.--Archiatii. 64