Roman sexual humour poetry - some of martials erased epigrams
Martial was like many other Roman writers whose explicit poetry about same sex acts were erased by earlier translators for immorality.
This author on this page has done an amazing job of restoring some of the sexual humour of the past that have been erased from the records for being immoral. I'm very keen to stress that this is from a time and place of its own and we have to put it into context.
https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/martial.htm
The Roman world and these poems were not commensurate with our values and understanding of sexuality but this poem felt like a good example of relating to the past but also content warning many of these poems reflect the reality of slavery and other Roman sociocultural beliefs which are uncomfortable to read. Also Martial does spend a lot of time making fun of his peers for not being able to 'perform' so it isn't like this is all funny or tasteful, But many of these are quite funny:
9.33
If you hear applause in any bath, Flaccus, know that Maro's dick is there.