Rome, Summer, 40 AD
Florentina, a virtuous Roman noblewoman, is sent to Caligula's brothel on the Palatine Hill by her new husband Paulinus. He tells Florentina she needs to learn how to please him in bed like a 'real woman' or prostitute, or else he'll divorce and abandon her.
Flora is horrified at the thought of servicing the patrons, but she also wonders what it would be like to have the kind of sexual power other women seem to possess. She longs to bring every man to his knees at her feet....
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Rome, Summer, 40 AD
Florentina, a virtuous Roman noblewoman, is sent to Caligula's brothel on the Palatine Hill by her new husband Paulinus. He tells Florentina she needs to learn how to please him in bed like a 'real woman' or prostitute, or else he'll divorce and abandon her.
Flora is horrified at the thought of servicing the patrons, but she also wonders what it would be like to have the kind of sexual power other women seem to possess. She longs to bring every man to his knees at her feet. Eager to not be cast off by Paulinus because she's desperate to have a child of her own, she admits why she's there to the 'pimp', and asks for lessons on how to become an alluring seductress.
Lucian, the tax collector at the brothel, is heartily sick of the place. He sees himself as little better than a pimp, helping Caligula humiliate the Roman nobles and their wives. He soon learns Flora's whole sorry tale, and takes pity on her. Can lust turn to love?
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