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Some graffiti in Pompeii reads: "Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion." Where would this soldier have been regularly based, and for what reason might he be in Pompeii?

by /u/TheAntiSenate in /r/AskHistorians

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