Punishment of a sodomite in Roman times, 1730 - 1735 print Historical representation of the punishment of a homosexual or sodomite according to Roman law. A prisoner is led from prison by two guards with a bag. In the foreground a large bag, dog, monkey, snake and rooster that were bound and drowned in one bag together with the prisoner. On the right an image of the power god of the Tiber. Marked bottom left: B. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper etching / engraving drowning (violent death ~ water). sodomy, sexual contact between men

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