historyart·HistoryArtbyPugJesus Private toilet in a Roman houseView original on piefed.social43Comments6
SSiegehammer85 lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyAh the sponge stick, the fastest way to end fights with your siblings. Watch them scatter as no one wants to take a shot to the face with the sponge stick! Almost like a royal sceptre 😂17
jjaybone lemmy.zip3Hide 3 repliesI’m guessing you soak the sponge stick in a bucket of water after use? Why wouldn’t you just use a towel that can be washed?5
PugJesus replypiefed.social2Hide 2 repliesA bucket of salt water or vinegar. Cloth is expensive, a sponge soaks up water well, and can be washed. Knowledge of microscopic bacteria at the time was near-nonexistent.14
jjaybone replylemmy.zip1Hide 1 replyYeah I didn’t think they had “soap” then. But vinegar is actually not a bad idea. That probably kills something, maybe?7
PugJesus replypiefed.socialVinegar and (sufficiently saline) salt water both kill some bacteria. Funny enough, the Romans did have soap, adopted from the Gauls.15
Ah the sponge stick, the fastest way to end fights with your siblings. Watch them scatter as no one wants to take a shot to the face with the sponge stick! Almost like a royal sceptre 😂
Wielding it grants infinite power.
I’m guessing you soak the sponge stick in a bucket of water after use?
Why wouldn’t you just use a towel that can be washed?
A bucket of salt water or vinegar.
Cloth is expensive, a sponge soaks up water well, and can be washed. Knowledge of microscopic bacteria at the time was near-nonexistent.
Yeah I didn’t think they had “soap” then. But vinegar is actually not a bad idea. That probably kills something, maybe?
Vinegar and (sufficiently saline) salt water both kill some bacteria.
Funny enough, the Romans did have soap, adopted from the Gauls.