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The
marketplace is buzzing.
Throngs of citizens and slaves mill about in the square.
Vendors hawking their wares.
The din is deafening.
This is Rome. 79 BC This is the feast of Lupercalia. All are
waiting for the festival to begin…to be blessed by the
Priest of Lupercal…and then…perhaps to find true love, or at
least a play partner for the night ahead.
Fast forward to
Lupercalia 2009
Torches blazing, Caesar presiding, the military on the prowl
for runaway slaves and unruly citizens, slaves for the auction
penned off to the side of the square, under the discipline of
the overseer.
Togas, tunics, everyone is in their very best Roman finery.
In every corner of the square, you will find different stations,
demonstrations of flogging, knives, needles, whips and electric
toys….watch, learn and marvel!
Adventurous
Master/slave couples can join in the scavenger hunt…rich
prizes to be won! A Lavish banquet will be served; slaves will
pamper and tend to your every need. And finally, the Priest
of the Lupercal will bless and make fecund, all who desire it. |
