Identifying the portable toilets of the ancient Roman world

Phys dot org ^ | February 10, 2022 | University of Cambridge

[Texan5]

I doubt it-it was the Greeks who made a custom of writing the names of disliked rulers and politicians, etc on chamber pots-called “ostraka” or the broken pieces of them-that is how we got the original word “ostracized”-which meant only fit to be pissed on-still a major insult...

[Texan5]

That really is a fancy looking public latrine-In the past, I’ve been in line with 20 other women to use worse ones at concerts-and we carried our own TP in our purses-the Romans had to use little sponges stuck on sticks, then rinsed in the water flowing underneath the bench-nasty...

[SunkenCiv]

and while they are mostly no longer in use, a lot of Rome's water and sewer network has survived.

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• Trash Talk [ Monte Testaccio, imperial Roman landfill ] [05/05/2012]

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[SunkenCiv]

Fauci found Rove’s Time Machine.

[Albion Wilde]

"C'mon, boys, let's go take a crap!"

[Mean Daddy]

I worked as a delivery driver for an old packing house & they had a community bathroom with two dozen open toilets. I could never bring myself to use it.