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Aven McMaster

Associate Professor in Ancient Studies, Thorneloe University at Laurentian

Aven McMaster is associate professor in ancient studies at Thorneloe University at Laurentian in Ontario, Canada.

Written by Aven McMaster

Ancient Roman fresco depicting a naked woman straddling a reclined naked man, having sex. The backdrop is a worn plaster wall with faded colours.

Sex and sexuality

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What rude jibes about Caesar tell us about sex in ancient Rome

‘Every woman’s man and every man’s woman’ was a slur Julius Caesar’s political opponents levied. What did it mean?

by Aven McMaster