How do people express their emotions on the urban stage and does this lead to spatial patterns of order? This book explores this question in relation to the late Republic and early imperial period (1st century BCE to 1st century CE) by considering the emotional complex of love, eroticism, and sexuality. Two different text genres form the foundation: urban Roman romantic elegies and epigrams, as well as erotic and sexual graffiti from Pompeii.

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Annette Haug , Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.