
Aurelius Victor
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Oct 23, 2026
Ancient Rome's Biggest Sex Scandal
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22:58Kate ListerHOST
This is Juvenal, isn't it? This is the writer, or is it?
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23:04Alexander MeddingsGUEST
It's both Juvenal and Pliny, and then a later source called Aurelius Victor, who is super interesting, but writing about 250 years later.
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23:13Alexander MeddingsGUEST
Our first one chronologically would be Pliny, who's writing about 30 years after her death.
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23:18Alexander MeddingsGUEST
And he talks about, Pliny is an encyclopedist.
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30:22Kate ListerHOST
Someone would have noticed that.
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30:23Alexander MeddingsGUEST
Yeah.
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30:24Alexander MeddingsGUEST
And why you definitely know this didn't happen is because our source for this, a bloke called Aurelius Victor, says that she compels men to attend this brothel, which is being serviced by elite Roman women and maidens.
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30:35Alexander MeddingsGUEST
And I think if you've learned anything from especially recent history, like Giselle Pellicot and the Cornell Seven, it's that men, given half an invitation, do not need compelling to take advantage of female bodies.