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In regards to '''Roman homosexuality''', Bruce W. Frier in a 1999 book review for Bryn Mawr Classical Review wrote the following:
 
In regards to '''Roman homosexuality''', Bruce W. Frier in a 1999 book review for Bryn Mawr Classical Review wrote the following:
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In [[Rome]] of the early [[Roman Empire|Empire]], there were many men who threw off the conventions of traditional Roman manhood and instead assumed an "effeminate" appearance and manner, thereby, in the usual case, advertising their eagerness for sexual encounters with other males. These were the "softies" (molles), the cinaedi. Their numbers cannot even be guessed, but, in a city of a million persons, they might easily have numbered in the tens of thousands; Juvenal saw them flocking into Rome on every available transport (9.130-133)....The [[Apostle Paul]]...adduces overt [[homosexual]] behavior as his chief example of the capital's decadence ([[Romans]] 1.26-27).<ref>http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1999/1999-11-05.html</ref>}}
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{{Cquote|In [[Rome]] of the early [[Roman Empire|Empire]], there were many men who threw off the conventions of traditional Roman manhood and instead assumed an "effeminate" appearance and manner, thereby, in the usual case, advertising their eagerness for sexual encounters with other males. These were the "softies" (molles), the cinaedi. Their numbers cannot even be guessed, but, in a city of a million persons, they might easily have numbered in the tens of thousands; Juvenal saw them flocking into Rome on every available transport (9.130-133)....The [[Apostle Paul]]...adduces overt [[homosexual]] behavior as his chief example of the capital's decadence ([[Romans]] 1.26-27).<ref>http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1999/1999-11-05.html</ref>}}
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Homosexuality]]
 
*[[Homosexuality]]
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