The seriousness of her scholarship is often leavened by humor and an unblinking embrace of the real, as evidenced by such titles as “Roman Toilets: The Black Holes of Ancient Space” and “Roman ...

Also read Ancient Text Leads to Archaeological Treasure Trove One of the most famous Roman toilet gods was Cloacina, the patron goddess of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome’s vast and intricate sewer system.

The ancient Romans lived in smelly cities ... Why didn’t the Romans connect their toilets to the public sewers? For one thing, Roman sewers had no traps, so you never knew what might climb out of a ...