by Jim Burklo | 26 March 2025 | In the Roman empire, sexual abuse was rampant. Male slave-owners regularly raped their male and female slaves. “Homosexuality” did not exist as a distinct social category at the time: it was common for otherwise heterosexual men to engage occasionally in homosexual acts. Consensual, committed, long-term homosexual relationships […] Source: https://atoday.org/drink-deeply-o-lovers/