Pompeii’s public toilets, or foricae, reveal a startling side of Roman hygiene. These weren't private stalls but long, communal stone benches over a channel of continuously running water, a feat of Roman engineering. For personal cleaning, Romans used a tersorium (or xylospongium): a natural sea sponge attached to a stick. This tool was communal. After use, it was rinsed in a nearby basin of salt water or vinegar and returned for the next person. While the aqueducts that fed these latrines were
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Remember When. . Pompeii’s public toilets, or foricae, reveal a startling side of Roman hygiene. These weren't private stalls but long, communal stone benches over a channel of continuously running water, a feat of Roman engineering. For personal cleaning, Romans used a tersorium (or xylospongium): a natural sea sponge attached to a stick ...
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