On: The horrors of Pompeii

[robbiep]

(Even?) today there are many people involved in the sex industry voluntarily - I know of a Doctor who has left her specialist job to pursue full time sex work, she says it pays more. It’s not so hard to believe that some women 2,000 years ago would have made a good living in a society where this kind of work was accepted and legal.

Presumably a portion could have been previously slaves who earned their freedom; and maybe even some who chose it as a line of work as free women initially

[zirgs → robbiep]

Just because that kind of "work" is legal doesn't mean that it's accepted.

[injb → robbiep]

Thanks but what I'm asking is how they can tell from their names? Is there a naming convention here?

[brazzy → injb]

There were naming conventions and fashions that changed over the centuries. Most importantly, slaves had only one name, while Roman citizens or freedmen had two or three.

[thsksbd → robbiep]

I need a clarification:

You know a medical doctor who left medicine and is working as a prostitute because it pays more?

What country if you don't mind me asking?