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Re:Ex-owners of sex work site Backpage convicted of prostitu... by ulizzle on Friday November 24, 2023 @07:27PM (#38409914)
Historical rewriting liberal b.s. The Roman’s stripped you of citizenship if you were in any way involved in prostitution.

Only takes a quick Google search to confirm

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Re:Ex-owners of sex work site Backpage convicted of prostitu... by JamesBarney on Saturday November 25, 2023 @01:31PM (#38415399)
I did a quick Google. Being a pimp was regarded as distasteful and had legal consequences so most rich people running a brothel used an intermediary freedman to manage his investment.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_ancient_Rome

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