Usually passwords are not tried one-by-one against a system's secure server online instead a hacker might manage to gain access to a shadowed password file protected by a one-way encryption algorithm, then test each entry in a file like this to see whether its encrypted form matches what the server has on record. A hacker can use or generate files like this, which may readily be compiled from breaches of sites such as Ashley Madison. It’s a real eye-opener and one that will introduce you to gay life during an important period of human history.If your password is on this list of 10,000 most common passwords, you need a new password. While gay relationships weren’t necessarily exalted, they also weren’t taboo.īe sure to read about same-sex experiences by Thomas Hubbard in Oxford. Man on man sexual encounters was part of daily life in ancient Rome and particularly in the Roman Army. As part of their learning experience, some volunteered for group bottoming activities. Some Hastatus soldiers were previously Tirones the Roman Army’s name for a fighter in training. Lastly, the milk you swallowed held spiritual meaning because the Roman’s believed semen contained the essence of the man. To begin with, other fighters saw you through a new lens of respect having passed a difficult test.Īdditionally, you were considered brave for volunteering to risk your life in the first place. Now think about this for a moment – how good would your skills be if you knew your life depended on successfully getting someone – let alone a group to splooge?Īssuming you could drain the men, there were certain rewards.
There was only a 15-20-minute window of opportunity between the dawn’s first light and its ascent to the top of the Colosseum. You also must factor in the “ticking clock” element. That’s a lot to ingest from a clad of testosterone filled soldiers. That may not sound difficult but consider the fact that the fighters were forced to abstain from releasing for a 10-day period prior to the event. If you couldn’t get each man to nut and then swallow their seed, you were executed on the spot with a sword.Īnd to be clear, swallowing meant drinking all of their milk. You had to milk the group before the sun fully rose over the Colosseum. We’re not sure why but it is believed men from this Mediterranean region were massively hung.Īgain, all of this may sound amazing and even hot but there was one important catch. While not always the case, it was usually the men from present- day Sardinia who were chosen. When you do the math, you can see two were required to reach the “8” threshold. Back then, one index finger equated to four inches. To make the cut, the commander measured length using the digit system the ancient Roman way of measuring inches.
Only the legion commander was empowered to pick the feeders. Changes would later come after the Marion Reforms of 107 BC but at the time, 8 inches or more was the minimum requirement. While this may sound highly erotic, the hard truth is only men who were extremely large could feed the volunteer. As the soldiers stood resting against the limestone, the Hastatus was required to drain each one out.
As revealed in books written about the topic, this rite of passage was simple.Īt the crack of dawn, the volunteer would find a minimum of four fighters lined up along the outer curvature of the Colosseum. Others included heavy lifting and games involving strategy.īut to be considered an elite soldier, you had to prove your manliness by swallowing seed. Examples included sword fighting and hand to hand combat. If you happened to be a Hastatus, you were expected to demonstrate your abilities through certain activities. And while it is true that some were forced to commit sexual acts as part of slavery, not everyone engaging in gay sex did so by force. If you were one of these soldiers, you saw real action on the front line and were (likely) the first to die in battle.Īt that time, giving your life up for the Empire was considered an honor with only the bravest of men serving in the legion. This was particularly the case for the Hastatus the youngest of infantrymen in the pre-Marian armies before 107 BC.