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 What
did the Romans ever do for us (Monty Python) :)-
The Romans were famous for having very good plumbing. Homes had
proper drains, but going to the loo wasn't private. They treated
going to the toilet as a social event, to share with friends and
family.
What's more they never used paper just a piece of sponge fixed onto a short wooden
handle.
Does this mean ‘wrong end of the stick’
came from this :)-
Most homes in the ancient Roman cities like Pompeii had their own
toilets, destroying the myth that Romans generally answered calls of
nature in communal lavatories.
By 315 AD, it is said that Rome as a city had 144 public toilets
which were flushed clean by running water. All forts had toilets in
them. To complement these toilets, the Romans also needed a
sufficiently effective drainage system. Many believed that Rome’s
sewers were the city’s greatest achievement.
Toilets Romans
Medieval Tudor
Georgian
Victorians
Cesspit
London's Drains
Thomas Crapper
Mullein |
