We tend to think we live in a time of sexual liberty, lusty debauchery, and sleazy hookups, an era of Tinder and college parties. But, in actuality, we have some pretty stiff competition when we reach back into history and look to our ancestors and the kings, queens, nobleman, military leaders, emperors, and even prehistoric humans of old. Our free and liberated ways often can’t hold a candle to the pure, unbridled sexuality of a Nero or a Caligula.
Contrary to popular belief and assumption, orgies have actually always been popular; there really hasn’t been a time in human history where people didn’t like sex with a bunch of other people.[1] Did you know that group sex was a big thing in the 16th century? Well, it was. From Xochiquetzal, the Aztec fertility goddess, to Ishtar of ancient Babylon, humans have been sex-crazed and horny since the dawn of time, and there have certainly been orgies going on throughout the ages somewhere. Here are ten moments in the history of lusty orgies.
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