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They didn’t necessarily consider this to be a disgrace, but it was not as widely accepted. Louis Crompton, suggests in his book Homosexuality and Civilisation that Roman gay relationships were completely focused on this dominance and the master vs slave dynamic.īut it gets even more complicated if your bottom was ‘free born’ – and therefore not a slave. The master would use his property as he saw fit. And for many, that meant a life of slavery.Īnd whether it was a sexual situation or not – the will or care of the slave was not really considered.
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With all this newly conquered land came new subjects to boss around. The Roman army was obsessed with winning and showing off their dominance | Photo: ITV2 Bromans Masters and slaves Rome achieved this dominance through centuries of ruthless wars and the subjugation of its neighbors which the Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche refers to as ‘the will to power.’Īnd this power obsession fed into all parts of Roman society, especially sex. The Romans were massive bottom shamers | Photo: ITV2 Bromans Where did Roman soldiers get their ‘Masc 4 Masc’ attitudes?ĭominance was at the very heart of what it meant to be a Roman.īy the time the first Roman Emperor Augustus came to power in 27 BCE, the Roman rule stretched across half of the known world.Įxtending from Syria and Egypt in the east right across to Northern France and Germany in the west, Britain would come into the fold 70 years later under Emperor Claudius. Meanwhile they championed the dominance of tops or the person doing the fucking.Īnd it’s all down to the important role of class and slaves in Roman society.īecause it was perfectly acceptable for a Roman man to have sex with either a man or woman – so long as he was the top. Instead, they focused their prejudice on the submissive or feminine, or the bottom in gay relationships. They were essentially indifferent to sexual orientation. While they didn’t necessarily punish homosexuality, they did look down on anyone who was the bottom in gay relationships.Įvidence suggests Roman society didn’t even see sexuality as a spectrum like we do today. But they also didn’t exactly admire it altogether either. The Romans didn’t see being gay as bad or sinful. Gay sex in Ancient Rome was not only easy to come by, it was an accepted part of being a Roman – even in the army.