How Did Ancient Romans Went to the Bathroom?

How ancient Romans really went to the bathroom, from the pot under the bed to the Great Sewer. In this video: The myth of the clean Roman city, and the short answer Toilets at home: a hole by the kitchen, a pit below, and a pot under the bed The public latrine: twenty marble seats in a row, no doors, and plenty of conversation How did ancient Romans wipe without toilet paper? The sponge on a stick Down the drain: the Cloaca Maxima, Agrippa's boat trip, and a cesspit sealed by Vesuvius The twist: why Roman toilets and sewers did not make Romans healthier What came up from below: rats, Fortuna and charms against latrine demons What came down from above: chamber pots, open windows and Roman law Money and death in the toilet: Vespasian's urine tax and an emperor killed by the roadside So this is how ancient Romans went to the bathroom Sources: Strabo, Geography 5.3.8 Suetonius, Life of Vespasian 23 Juvenal, Satire 3 Digest of Justinian 9.3.1 Cassius Dio, Roman History 49.43 and 79.5 Seneca, Letters 70.20 P. D. Mitchell (2017), Human parasites in the Roman World: health consequences of conquering an empire, Parasitology 144 A. O. Koloski-Ostrow (2015), The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy E. Rowan (2017), Bioarchaeological preservation and non-elite diet in the Bay of Naples, Environmental Archaeology 22 G. Jansen, A. O. Koloski-Ostrow, E. M. Moormann, eds. (2011), Roman Toilets: Their Archaeology and Cultural History #AncientRome #RomanHistory #RomanToilets