KittyUmbrass One thing is certain. If my story is set in the 15th century or the 1st century for that matter, I do not want my rapists to behave like actors in some rape porn video from 21st century, who stick their dicks in the ladies’ mouth as if it were the ultimate goal. Lol.
Sodomy carried much harsher penalties than rape in ancient armies. When a city was plundered, violating the women was often fair game, but sodomy could expose a soldier to death penalty.
When I was writing my Gladiator story, I found that oral sex was viewed as something very dirty; something that was only done by “infames” = persons who had no legal protections, such as slaves, dancers, actors, prostitutes, gladiators.
When Roman Legions captured a kingdom and wanted to really humiliate the royal family, it is a fair bet to say that ejaculating on the Queen’s face and doing the same to her daughters was an extreme form of humiliation, probably even worse than the rape itself. I don’t think any soldier in his right mind would have risked his dick inside their mouth.
This being said, the story of Queen Boudica is well documented. It seems that the governor in Britain felt that forcing the Queen to watch both her daughters being gang-raped was by itself humiliation enough for the Celtic Queen. It was indeed. The Celtic Queen revolted and committed unspeakable atrocities on Roman colonists; this spoke of the hatred she had; her army sacked several towns and cities, including Londinium, and almost succeeded in fighting the Romans out of Britain. What they did to Roman women in Londinium would be hardcore snuff here.