Ancient Roman soldier carved a phallus with a personal insult in this stone

[Ohio Joe]

Archaeologists excavating the remains of a Roman auxiliary fort in the UK recently made a surprising and rather hilarious find: a small stone carved with the unmistakable image of a penis—basically an ancient Roman d**k pic, accompanied by a crude insulting message directed at someone the carver clearly disliked.

The Vindolanda site is located south of the defense fortification known as Hadrian's Wall. An antiquarian named William Camden recorded the existence of the ruins in a 1586 treatise. Over the next 200 years, many people visited the site, discovering a military bathhouse in 1702 and an altar in 1715. The Rev. Anthony Hedley began excavating the site in 1814, but he died before he had the chance to record what he found for posterity. Another altar found in 1914 confirmed that the fort had been called Vindolanda.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/archaeologists-unearth-phallus-graffiti-carved-in-stone-at-ancient-roman-fort/

The picture at the link is too funny Poor Secundinus, trolled for all history

[Srkdqltr]

1. People are people. We haven't changed much.

[targetpractice]

2. "Secundinus cacator"

Ouch... Shady.

[Wounded Bear]

3. The Vindolanda site now has 13 phallic carvings, more than have been discovered at any other dig sit

Apparently not a favorite duty station.

[Best_man23]

4. I need to get the picture of this stone

In the event I should get an anonymous text asking me for a, well...phallus pic.

[Ron Obvious]

5. These sorts of discoveries restore my faith in human nature...

There's probably a Biggus Dickus joke to be made here, but I'm too tired today.