... The general subject of the text is pleasure, which, properly understood, is the highest good in Epicurean philosophy. ...Destroyed AD 79.
Odd that the rest of the Empire continued to be interested in Epicureanism right up to the final fall, Constantinople, in 1453.
I’ve been to Pompeii and saw some murals on still-standing walls, some depicting pleasure. Took a photo of one and it’s now framed on my living room wall. It shows three little angels playing instruments. Maybe they were playing music for those engaged in “pleasure”. Pompeii Red is a terrific color, still fairly bright on the wall.