"Quisquis Amat" Inscription Self-researched

Location: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Campania
Medium: Graffito (scratched inscription)
Date: Before 79 AD

A famous inscription lamenting frustrated love: "Quisquis amat valeat, pereat qui nescit amare, bis tanto pereat quisquis amare vetat" ("Whoever loves, let him flourish; let him perish who knows not love; let him perish twice over whoever forbids love"). This graffito captures the passionate sentiments of ancient Romans.