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In ancient Rome, masters discouraged slaves from running away by putting a tattoo reading Stop me! I am a runaway! on their foreheads.At a temple of the Greek god of healing, thousands of tablets from escaped slaves asking the god to make the tattoos on their forehead disappear have been found

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Fun Fact: In ancient Rome, masters discouraged slaves from running away by putting a tattoo reading “Stop me! I am a runaway!” on their foreheads.At a temple of the Greek god of healing, thousands of tablets from escaped slaves asking the god to make the tattoos on their forehead disappear have been found

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