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Two things I came across today about Homosexuality in Rome, opinions are much appreciated
1; The Lex Scant[/IMG]Lex Scant[/IMG](stupru[/IMG][14] [/IMG]Lex Scantinia[/I] was revived by Domitian as part of his program of judicial and moral reform.
Any Idea on this^
2; http://www.iowapridenetwork.org/history.html Ancient Rome May 14, 390: A law was posted criminalizing the sexual practice of all homosexual men. The penalty for doing so was death by burning. Prior to 390, both religious and secular laws targeted only one form of homosexuality: when a man played what was said to be “a female role in intercourse with other men.” This meant that prior to 390, only homosexual men who “bottomed,” so to speak, during sexual intercourse with other men, were penalized. Homosexual men on top during intercourse were not.
Was this the first law against homosexuality^
1; The Lex Scant[/IMG]Lex Scant[/IMG](stupru[/IMG][14] [/IMG]Lex Scantinia[/I] was revived by Domitian as part of his program of judicial and moral reform.
Any Idea on this^
2; http://www.iowapridenetwork.org/history.html Ancient Rome May 14, 390: A law was posted criminalizing the sexual practice of all homosexual men. The penalty for doing so was death by burning. Prior to 390, both religious and secular laws targeted only one form of homosexuality: when a man played what was said to be “a female role in intercourse with other men.” This meant that prior to 390, only homosexual men who “bottomed,” so to speak, during sexual intercourse with other men, were penalized. Homosexual men on top during intercourse were not.
Was this the first law against homosexuality^