If that were the case the best thing to do would be to follow the money. They were prostitutes in the forum, the hub of local government. The arches leading to the amphitheaters were an excellent gathering point for prostitutes. These devices were called forincaves, the modern word fornicate comes from this. Prostitutes were also found in the bathrooms. This is where the rich and the poor mixed. As far as we know, there were 6 public baths in Pompeii. Explicit frescoes located in the men's locker room were also contacted. These frescoes located above the changing rooms were boxes containing numbers. The theory about these images was that when people left their clothes in particular boxes with numbers they couldn't remember the number but they could remember the location of the locker. In 44 BC Augustus replaced Julius Caesar, unlike Caesar Augustus had a more conservative program. Around 10 BC he passes a series of laws according to which the elite can only marry the elite and must have noble children. Childless couples are penalized, bachelors are taxed, and adultery becomes a criminal offense. Augustus did not approve of sex for sale but agreed. He agreed with Cato that a married man was better off having sex with a prostitute or his then wife than having an affair with a noble married woman. His laws caused a boom in the prostitution industry because it became the legal alternative to adultery. In 40 AD