Well then can we start calling you 'not smarter than a fifth grader'? Because indoor toilets have been around a little longer than the Romans...
Sitting type toilets in human history appeared quite early. In the remains of Harappa civilisation in India, at a place called Lothal (62 Kilometers from the city of Ahmedabad in Western India) and in the year 2500 BC, the people had water borne toilets in each house and which was linked with drains covered with burnt clay bricks. To facilitate operations and maintenance, it had man-hole covers, chambers etc. It was the finest form of sanitary engineering. But with the decline of Indus valley civilisation, the science of sanitary engineering disappeared from India. From then on, the toilets in India remained primitive and open defecation became rampant.
And here's a whole listing of ancient toilets
Wow you must really not be smarter than a fifth grader. Perhaps you should have how did you say it...'have asked one of your retinue to look it up for you' before posting.....
I don’t have a retinue. But I guess I could have Goggled it like you did. Anyway I never claimed to be smarter than a fifth grader - and now I can blame The History Channel. Well so much for “educational TV.” It’s back to Fox News for me!