House of the Centenary, was the house of a wealthy

House of the Centenary, was the house of a wealthy resident of Pompeii, preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house was discovered in 1879. Built in the mid-2nd century BC, it is among the largest houses in the city. Among the varied paintings preserved in the House are explicit erotic scenes in a room that may have been designed as a private sex club

Centenary Discovered Erotic Eruption Explicit Mid-2nd Pompeii Resident Varied Vesuvius Wealthy

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