Roman sanitation (revisited)

[guy]

 

“A new book by journalist Lina Zeldovich traces the management of human waste”

 

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Over a lovely conversation about bodily excretions, chamber pots, butt-wiping habits, sewer vermin and other equally unappetizing topics, the ancient Romans’ views on waste, hygiene and toilet habits begin to take shape. The word “latrine,” or latrina in Latin, was used to describe a private toilet in someone’s home, usually constructed over a cesspit. Public toilets were called foricae. They were often attached to public baths, whose water was used to flush down the filth.

 

 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-ancient-romans-went-to-the-bathroom-180979056/

Here are previous threads on research by Professor Olga Koloski-Ostrow on Roman sanitation:

https://www.unrv.com/book-review/archaeology-of-sanitation.php

Edited November 15, 2021 by guy