What is the circumstance of the ancient Roman toilet that can not be imagined in the modern era such as "washing clothes with urine"?

Byshankar s.

There was a toilet even in ancient Roman times, but there was no toilet paper like the present age. For this reason, there are many people who wonder how they were handling the flight of the buttocks.Denver Natural Science MuseumMr. Stephen Nash, an archaeologist working in the park, explains about the condition of the ancient Roman's toilet.

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On August 24, 79 CEVesuvioWhen the mountain erupted,PompeiiYaHercullaneumThe Roman civilization such as Roman civilization was sealed as it was. Later since the excavation of these ruins in the 18th century, we became able to know what kind of culture the ancient Roman times was. The toilet actually found in Pompeii etc. is all shared toilets and on the wallFrescoPaintings, sculptures in the corner, and a marble board with a hole are toilet seat, I know that it was an elegant toilet.

ByTanya. K.

An ancient Roman toilet was not a water washing type unlike the present age, but some toilets have a small water current under the toilet seat, and there seems to be a mechanism to transport waste to the sewer using this. Since toilet paper does not exist, after adding the purpose, instead of using paperXylospongium(At the tip of the rodNatural spongeI used to wipe the buttocks with things that were attached). After using Xylospongium it wash with running water or vinegar in a bucket and found that it was returning to the stand for the next person to use, and Xylospongium wiping the butt was also shared.


Next I will follow the custom of urination. In ancient Roman households, offices, shops there were small pots, people were urinating in the bowl. When this pot is full, it seems to have been transferred to a large container on the street. Like some contemporary garbage collection, some people collect this container, and it is known that the workers collected a large amount of urine once a week. And, because collected urine is used as a detergent, in the present age it was being carried to a washing place corresponding to a coin launderer.

In other words, the ancient Romans are wearingTogaWhenTunicI used the urine collected to wash it. Human urine contains scientific substances such as ammonia that can be used as a detergent, so urine was used to remove fat stains such as sebum in ancient Roman times without detergent such as soap. In addition, the washing method at that time put urine and clothes in a tub, I know that I was washing with a bare feet.