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<p class="has-text-align-justify">If you were always intimidated by how sophisticated, well mannered and graceful our grandparents and great grandparents were, this stone-carving at a UNESCO World Heritage site will make you rethink your convictions. Hadrian&#8217;s Wall, also known as the Roman Wall, used to be a defence fort of the Roman province of Britannia. While Julius Caesar and Mark Antony might come to mind when you do think of ancient Romans – men so engulfed in protecting honour that they would give their life – a certain carving, &#8216;drawing&#8217; of the penis, but let&#8217;s use the euphemism &#8216;eggplant graffiti&#8217; , at Hadrian&#8217;s Wall strips away all that honour. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://yodoozy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GetImage-1024x543.jpeg" alt="This Rude Ancient Eggplant Graffiti Is At A World Heritage Site!" class="wp-image-45651" width="800" height="407"/><figcaption>via <a href="https://www.vindolanda.com/news/ancient-graffiti">Vindolanda Trust </a></figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-text-align-justify">This is, clearly, not the first time that a genital impression has been found. For centuries people have carved obscene impressions on stones, on tablets and nearly everywhere – most of them to amplify fertility – this is a peculiar discovery. That&#8217;s because, like most of us now, the ancestor who drew this penis had anger issues. Beside the giant genital are written the words &#8216;SECVNDINVS CACOR&#8217;. If we translate this to present-day English, the meaning goes &#8216;SECUNDINUS THE SH*TTER&#8217;. Whoever Secundum was, we do wonder if he had done something vile enough to earn a rude name and a penis – all to be seen by the public. ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://yodoozy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/getimage-1-1024x450.png" alt="This Rude Ancient Eggplant Graffiti Is At A World Heritage Site!" class="wp-image-45652" width="800" height="338"/><figcaption>via <a href="https://www.vindolanda.com/news/ancient-graffiti">Vindolanda Trust</a></figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-text-align-justify">Dylan Herbert, the biochemist who discovered this slab said, “It looked from the back like all the others, a very ordinary stone, but when I turned it over, I was startled to see some clear letters. Only after we removed the mud did I realize the full extent of what I’d uncovered, and I was absolutely delighted.”</p>



<p>Delighted by the hateful inscription and the questionable genital, you hear that?</p>



<p>We are sure Secundinus didn&#8217;t feel the same way when he saw an eggplant graffiti dedicated to him. </p>



<p><em>Ouch!</em></p>



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