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The Romans, like most ancient cultures, were incredibly conservative and valued sexual modesty, especially among their women. The prior notwithstanding, were there any ways in which their definition of "modesty" diverged noticeably from ours?

by /u/TirousDidAThing in /r/AskHistorians

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