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To: SunkenCiv

Where did they take a leak?


17 posted on 11/25/2022 4:45:40 PM PST by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: Adder

There were public urinals, set up and operated by the fullers, because urine was used to process wool. Emperor Vespasian, the builder of the Colosseum (he didn’t finish it, but his son did) implemented a tax on those, the story will turn up on FR once in a while, or in a web search. There were also crappers in the public baths.

Here’s some whiner whining about how bad they were:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/01/ancient-roman-toilets-gross/423072/


33 posted on 11/25/2022 5:20:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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