In AD 79, Pompeii was engulfed by the volcanic eruption. Many people died where they fell. Among the dead a couple were found locked in an embrace. We shall never know who they were, but around the arm of the woman was a gold armlet (now in Naples museum), inside is the inscription "The Master's Slave". The armlet weighs a pound, and a pound of gold then was worth roughly what it is now.
He obviously valued his slave highly, she no doubt adored being his property.
This poem is dedicated to their memory
Their last sight was
Of each other
As they locked themselves
Together in the
Final bondage that was to
Last for their eternity.
Bound to each other
They chose the
Embrace of rock and centuries
Until their final
Bond of choking
Love was revealed for us
To see and link
Our own dark pleasures
To what they knew
In ancient times
And perhaps to
Shed a tear for them
..............................Francesca Anderssen book of BDSM verse
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