Lupanar
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Athanasia Varveri, Valeria Vitale
Creators: Athanasia Varveri, Valeria Vitale
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Mar 01, 2025 10:07 PM
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The Lupanar (or Lupanare Grande) (VII, 12, 18–20) is located east of the forum at the intersection of Vico del Lupanare and Vico del Balcone Pensile. It is the largest of Pompeii's brothels.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/38626420
40.750278815, 14.4867921376
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of so-called "Lupanare Grande" (AD 1 - AD 99) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Lupanar (Latin, modern)
- Lupanare Grande (Italian, modern)
- Lupanar connection Pompeii (unspecified date range)
- Lupanar part of (analytical) Regio VII, Pompeii (modern)
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brothel
Pleiades
Athanasia Varveri, Valeria Vitale, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Lupanar: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/38626420> [accessed: 11 March 2025]
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