>>21171743Of the thousands of pottery pieces from those times there are a few dozen depicting gay sex.
Of those, a number of them are depicting political figures as the bottom, clearly meant as an insult.
Also, you have to look no further than the punishment for gay sex.
Most of Rome, death penalty for both, even with a slave.
Athens, generally considered the most liberal, would kill the bottom and the top would be outlawed and exiled (meaning they could be killed without consequence) or "not allowed to express an opinion" as the most minor punishment.
Most of the writings about Roman and Greek excess were written by the Christians. By all accounts of laws and recorded punishments, Romans and Greeks were far more prudish than the Christians.
Most of the gay stuff comes from a single book published in the 80s, that is pretty much a gay romance novel disguised as a history book with zero references.
