Contents:
- WHY THE ROMANS ARE IMPORTANT THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
WHY THE ROMANS ARE IMPORTANT THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
In honour of LGBTQIA+ history month, Ancient History alumni Ollie Burns tak a closer look at the social, polil, and cultural implitns of homosexualy ancient Rome.
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
Trigger Warng: sexual vlence, homophobia, paedophilia, nudy. The prentatn and perceptn of homosexualy the Roman world was vastly different than how is today, and giv an example of how homosexualy has been libly lked wh munitns of power and thory antiquy.
The Lat language has no word for eher heterosexual or homosexual, and stead partners a sexual relatnship would be prented as eher active, synonymo wh masculy, or passive and therefore, feme, regardls of the genr of the dividuals volved.