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The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor

by Amy Richlin

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

Histories by Herodotus

The Annals by Tacitus

The Last Days of Pompeii by E Bulwer Lytton

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The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme

Augustine of Hippo by Peter Brown

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Histories
by Herodotus

The Annals
by Tacitus

The Last Days of Pompeii
by E Bulwer Lytton

The World of Late Antiquity
by Peter Brown

The Roman Revolution
by Ronald Syme

Augustine of Hippo
by Peter Brown