@ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; Epigram For A Roman Veteran, Of Some Years, In Love With A Younger Male, 01 [XLIX]

For his sake, you retired from Rome's army; for

his sake, you bestowed freedom upon him; for

his sake, you wonder what such a beautiful

boy of fourteen years finds to love in you whose

years are forty-two.


 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

The prudish reader must keep in mind that the moral and legal customs of ancient Rome were radically different from the restrictions we place on young Homosexuals regarding who they may or may not love, often based on a difference in ages.  Clodhoppers elected to a state's legislature are hardly qualified to comprehend the Poetry of Homosexual Love.

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