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Old 01-12-2007, 04:21 AM
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well, slavery in general is a fetish of mine, but even there, you don't often see the roman historical stuff. there's quite a lot of old art (paintings, drawings, and sculptures) that depict roman slave markets, etc., but not much recent photo art.

if you're interested, one of the more interesting aspects of roman slavery (to me, at least) was how they enforced chastity of slaves. if a man bought a male slave, he didn't want him screwing his wife, so there were two popular methods. one was old-fashioned castration, making a eunuch. the other is a process known as infibulation, where the penis is bent over, and a pin (fibula) is inserted. a similar process existed for females, and again involves metal rings being welded in place. this is very different from the female circumcision you may have read about in africa, so make sure to use good search terms in teh google.

as for the enf aspect, nudity wasn't considered that big of deal in ancient rome, so unless you were a slave brought in as spoils of war from some far-off land, it probably didn't faze you. however, if you were infibulated, then that aspect of your slavery could come into full focus when/if your master ever took you to the public baths. but in general, enf in rome? i doubt there was much of it.
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