Colorful Phrases From Ancient Roman Graffiti

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

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When the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were suddenly consumed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., many of their buildings were so intimately preserved that modern archaeologists can even read the graffiti scribbled onto their ancient walls. See if any of these remind you of a twenty-first century bathroom.

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