Sex in the Ancient City
In Partnership with Araya Artisan Chocolates
With the recent reboot of HBO's classic, Sex and the City, some may be asking themselves, "I couldn't help but wonder...(as Carrie often says in Sex and the City) what were attitudes about sex in the ancient Greek and Roman city?" Were there any Carries, Mirandas, Samanthas, or Charlottes of the ancient world? Join Dr. Dylan Kelby Rogers, a Classical Archaeologist from the University of Virginia, to take a look at relationships, seduction, and flirtation, including sexual behaviors of men and women at Greek drinking parties, life in a brothel in Pompeii, the qualities that made a Roman emperor 'naughty', and more. Our discussion will be just in time for the feast of Saint Valentine, the patron saint of lovers.
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ABOUT DR. ROGERS
Dylan K. Rogers is Lecturer of Roman Art and Archaeology at the University of Virginia and previously served as the Assistant Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens from 2015-2019. He is the author of Water Culture in Roman Society (2018), and is the co-editor of the volumes, What’s New in Roman Greece? (2019), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens (2021), and A Quaint & Curious Volume: Essays in Honor of John J. Dobbins. His research specialty is Roman fountains throughout the Roman Empire, investigating their impact on surrounding landscapes through the lens of sensory archaeology. He has also published on the topics of wall-painting in Pompeii, Roman mosaics, the siege of Athens by L. Cornelius Sulla in 86 BC, and archaeological archives. Rogers has worked on archaeological excavations in Pompeii, Sicily, Greece, and Turkey.
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