March 12, 2025
Newly Discovered Pompeii Frescoes Reveal a Different—Wild—Side of Ancient Roman Women
Newly discovered frescoes in Pompeii showcase a wilder and even debaucherous side of ancient Rome's women. The frescoes, deemed as a “megalography” given their nearly life-size scale, span three walls of a spacious banquet hall inside a home in Pompeii’s Region IX. Aside from being an exceptionally rare example of a megalography, the unearthed frescoes are distinct in their depiction of the Dionysiac procession, which celebrates Dionysus, the god of wine, festivities, and ecstasy.
