an epigram taken from a wall in Pompeii speaks to the multitude of graffiti in the ancient world: "I'm amazed, O wall, that you have not fallen in ruins, you who support the tediousness of so many writers.""Graffiti is often produced very spontaneously, with less thought than Virgil or the epic poetry," says [Claire] Taylor, a lecturer in Greek history at Trinity College in Dublin. "It gives us a different picture of ancient society."
from The Smithsonian: Reading the Writing on Pompeii's Walls
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