Rome became the west’s first metropolis in no small part because of sanitation, the aqueducts and the sewers.
Poo went in the toilet but urine was collected and used for commercial uses, like dying cloth. It even was ancient toothpaste, but I can’t imagine it left your breath “kissing sweet.”
I couldn’t bring myself to change a poop diaper after an untimely “surprise” poo by my 7-day old son. That was many years I never got proper counseling to overcome my PoopTSD.
So I really admire the peeps that are brave enough to do this work! /Sarc
