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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Jan 24, 2026, 05:26 PM

Title: Roman bathing...
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jan 24, 2026, 05:26 PM
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/romans-regularly-soaked-in-filthy-lead-contaminated-bath-water-pompeii-study-finds

Ick...
Title: Re: Roman bathing...
Post by: Ian61 on Jan 25, 2026, 11:26 PM
The lead might have killed some of the fecal bacteria :-\ , so not all bad ;D  8)
Title: Re: Roman bathing...
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jan 26, 2026, 06:34 AM
Still.... :o
Title: Re: Roman bathing...
Post by: Keraunos on Jan 26, 2026, 11:19 AM
So, perhaps appropriate to think of Romans being like Baron Harkonen emerging from his bath?
Title: Re: Roman bathing...
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jan 26, 2026, 03:08 PM
So a Roman equivalent of Diogenes