Bar of Asellina

With written electoral inscriptions ('programmata').The facades of shops and houses were commonly plastered and painted in red and white. The posters were painted on the white background.

C(AIVM) LOLLIVM
FVSCVM IIVIR(VM) V(IIS) A(EDIBVS) S(ACRIS) P(VBLICIS) P(ROCVRANDIS)
ASELLINAS(!) ROGANT(?)
NEC SINE ZMYRINA

[CIL IV 7863]

Translation: (Make) Gaius Lollius Fuscus duumvir for looking after the roads (and) the sacred (and) public buildings. Asellina's (girls?) ask you, not without Zmyrina.

Note: Asellina’s girls would be prostitutes.

On Via dell'Abbondanza.