Note 264 — FIRST SECTION. (continued 2)
Reading edition
That boys were kept in the brothels at Rome as paramours is seen from a host of passages in Ancient authors, e. g. Martial, bk. XI. Epigr. 45.,
Intrasti quoties inscriptae limina cellae Seu puer arrisit, sive puella tibi.
(As oft as you have crossed the threshold of a “chamber” inscribed with name on door, whether it were boy that threw you a smile, or girl). They, as well as women, had to pay the Whore-tax. Comp. above p. 118. Note 6.