[Empire_of_Liberty]

When you went to the baths they would rub you all over with olive oil and then scrape you with a wooden (or ivory) strigil.

Is that before, or after the bath?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Before.

Then you would go into the hot pool. Then the cold pool. Then you would get out and have another rub down with some more oil. Scented this time.

Sounds quite nice. Until you remember that by not using soap you are not removing any bacteria.

And that was why so many people got sick and died.

But your corpse did have lovely soft skin.