Picture No | 11033306 |
Date | 15 B.C |
Description | Depiction of a woman in Juvenalian Rome |
Details |
Depiction of a woman according to the writing of the famous satirist, Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). Juvenal did not have a high opinion of women and particularly felt Roman women had no morals. He displays a woman to be standing on a table allowing herself to be exploited. Other women are similarly displayed slung over men, or even kissing them demonstrating their own promiscuous tendencies.
|
Source | Illustration by Fortunino Matania in Britannia and Eve, October 1931 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
Restrictions |
|
Thank you for visiting our website. If you are interested in licensing this image please email us at pictures@maryevans.com or telephone us on +44(0)20 8318 0034. If you are already registered to use this website, you can log in here. |