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The best of all possible brothels - S. Levin-Richardson 2019. The Brothel of Pompeii: Sex, Class, and Gender at the Margins of Roman Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xx + 243. ISBN 978-1-108-49687-2.

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S. Levin-Richardson 2019. The Brothel of Pompeii: Sex, Class, and Gender at the Margins of Roman Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xx + 243. ISBN 978-1-108-49687-2.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2022

Thomas A. J. McGinn
Thomas A. J. McGinn*
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Vanderbilt University
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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , December 2022 , pp. 1044 - 1053
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