Indoor plumbing and the ancient Romans, Only rich people had some sort of water running ?
Actually public bath houses and bathrooms were very popular in ancient Rome. Their “latrines” were nothing more than a line of toilets that were fed with a stream of water. All of this made out of stone of course. Each “stool” had a sea sponge for wiping and rinsing. Roman baths also had sponges and would use olive oil for the skin. To cleanse themselves, they used an item called a stirgyl ( not sure of spelling) Basically a curved scraper for removing oil and dirt. Romans were probably the first to commonly use running water in homes and bath houses. Actually had wood heated water in their bath houses. Poor folks probably did go to the creek and rivers and creeks in 3rd world countries still carry a lot of waste and disease in them for the same reasons..
