SPQR Blues Chapter 4 part V

[spqrblues]

I never did learn drapery.



A survey of beds in Pompeii and Herculaneum, excluding what are obviously children's cots, shows that Roman beds tended to be very narrow, even though married couples were expcted to spend the night together—for propriety's sake. I suppose one could push two beds together, but I prefer to think that Romans liked to spoon.

About the count: I never posted #3000, so I was able to roll it back by one today.

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Comments

Drapery? What drapery?

[b2creative.livejournal.com]

Mus is remarkably calm about being "outed" - unless he actually thinks servants like Spendi don't talk. Silly boy.

I love Mus' face as he gazes fondly down at his sleeping "lazy slave". Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Re: Drapery? What drapery?

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Outed? Outed? Why, obviously Menander is simply sleeping dutifully in a pile of thin blankets on the hard tile floor, where a servant belongs. Anyone would oversleep lazily, given such comfort. He should be glad he isn't sleeping in the foyer. Yup.