School scene with flogging and prostitutes in a portico

Scene at a school, with a philosopher or grammarian punishing a student, and prostitutes and clients at a portico such as the temple of Minerva Sciras. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1790

Antichità Antiquities Birch Client Ercolano Flogging Grammarian Herculaneum Minerva Piroli Pompeii Portico Prostitute Tommaso

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