Brothels and prostitutes in the vicus.

[Graham Sumner]

Hello Edna

As hinted at above there are a number of written records you can look at which might be of use.

Try 'Fink. "Roman Military Records on Papyrus". or Lewis,N. and Reinhold, M. 'Roman Civilization Sourcebook II: The Empire".

They give some details on customs charges and tolls collected by soldiers. Prostitutes were charged a lot so they must have been considered a lucrative source of income. I also seem to recall a detachment of soldiers being assigned to investigate the tax on prostitutes!

Graham.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

While it is possible the meaning of the stone is one of the othr possiblities, the layout of the quarters point to their use as a brothel, with small cubicles in the larger quarters.
Hard to prove, I know, but, easy to imagine, as there were many ways for you equites or Centurions to make extra money! :wink:

I don't know what the proof would be but I like the idea.

[M. Caecilius]

I don't know what the proof would be but I like the idea.

Short of finding the "menu" of offerings you can see in the Pompeian Lupanar, and of graffito relating to the deeds of the night, I wouldn't know what proof would look like. Do you have a floor plan of the quarters in question, and a plan of the site accessible?

Simply by the sentence "small cubicles in larger quarters" one could imagine store-rooms. Not that this would have prevented them doubling for your enterprising Centurion's side-business.