[fieldmarshaldj]

“Kilroy Was Here.”

[Sacajaweau]

Maggie...Went for bread....Back Soon.. Harold

Maggie...Leaving for Rome. Back soon. Your Friend, Jezebel

Hmmmm...Can Maggie read the writing on the wall??

[RnMomof7]

That is much nicer than the graffiti here in my city

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Felicter Pompeii?

Maybe going fast in a day is good luck?

[pennyfarmer]

When I was in Pompeii they showed us the scratchings on the wall in the brothel. The tour guide said they were the names and prices of the girls in the room.

[Pontiac]

On the book’s introductory page, an epigram taken from a wall in Pompeii speaks to the multitude of graffiti in the ancient world: “I’m amazed, O wall, that you have not fallen in ruins, you who support the tediousness of so many writers.”

If the archives of FreeRepublic should still exist in 2000 years I think that some archeologist would think the same of this wall on which we all write.

[gulfcoast6]

Most interesting

[LibFreeOrDie]

‘the word ‘felicter,’ which means ‘happily.’

Feliciter means happily. Spelling boo-boo?

[LibFreeOrDie]

“For a good time, call Messalina VVV-IIII.”

[Focault's Pendulum]

Maius Castricius

A self inflicted eunuch...perhaps?

[AnAmericanMother]

The 19th century effort to document ancient graffiti notwithstanding, scholars have historically ignored the phenomenon.

Simply not true. I took my Classical Archaeology classes back in the mid-70s. The Roman graffiti (best preserved at Pompeii and Herculaneum but also found elsewhere) were discussed at some length.

A notable example is a graffito in a bathroom in Herculaneum . . . "Apollinaris medicus Titi imperatoris hic cacavit bene." . . . "Apollinaris, physician to the Emperor Titus, here s*****d well." Unanswered question during the course: "Was the jolly Dr. Apollinaris caught by the eruption . . . in the latrine?"

[AnAmericanMother]

The illustration is not of graffiti, by the way.

Those are signs painted on a public wall . . . usually done by politicians campaigning for local offices. They are full of abbreviations and I can never figure out exactly what they are doing, other than the names . . . .

[Snickering Hound]

It says "Romans go home".

[AnAmericanMother]

I'm able to figure out the one in the middle.

He's running for duumvir (magistrate) and is touted as "D.R.P." i.e. "dignum rei publicae" (worthy of public office).

[decimon]

Ping

[steelyourfaith]

Interesting post. Thanks. Interesting too is the erotica painted on the walls of the brothel in Pompeii, and the series of street paving stone carvings that point the way to the brothel.

[Oldpuppymax]

Graffiti in Pompeii? So what’s the Latin for “We’re Fu**ED?”

[SkyDancer]

In all those paragraphs it would have been nice if there were a compilation of what was said. All it talked about was the graffiti, not what it said .... like “What’s all that rumbling?”

[wildbill]

Knew you’d like to see this for a ping to GGG.

[SunkenCiv]

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