![]() Ascyltus mockingly suggests they split Gitón in half. Since both share the tenement room, Encolpius proposes they divide up their property and separate. Ascyltus sneaks into the room, waking Encolpius with a whiplash. ![]() They fall asleep after making love at Encolpius's place. On their return to Encolpius's home in the Insula Felicles, a Roman tenement building, they walk through the vast Roman brothel known as the Lupanare, observing numerous sensual scenes. Encolpius storms the stage and reclaims Gitón. ![]() At the theatre, he discovers Vernacchio and Gitón performing in a lewd play called the "emperor's miracle": a slave's hand is axed off and replaced with a gold one. Vowing to win him back, he learns at the Thermae that Ascyltus sold Gitón to the actor Vernacchio. The film opens on a graffiti-covered wall with Encolpius lamenting the loss of his lover Gitón to Ascyltus.
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