主题:【原创】星星之火,可以燎原 -- 泉畔人家
"According to O.F. Robinson, Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration, there were 144 public latrines in Rome in the later Empire. Apparently mostly concomitant of the public baths, which only makes sense as they could share water and sewerage. There may have been a token payment if they were separate from the baths, she conjectures. She also writes that they were comfortable places, where one might sit and read, or otherwise "amuse oneself sociably," hoping for [dinner] invitations. She cites a ditty by Martial:
Why does Vacerra spend his hours
in all the privies, and day-long sit?
He wants a supper, not a s**t.
[Urine tax] "Public urinals consisted of buckets, dolia curta. The contents were regularly collected and sold to the fullers for cleaning wool, etc. That's where the tax story comes in. The fullers were the ones who were taxed. The collectors had public contracts and could be fined if late
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🙂巴黎还好一些,毕竟是现代社会 月下 字542 2010-09-22 07:10:57
🙂古罗马城有144个公共浴室和厕所 Dracula 字74 2010-09-22 08:26:35
🙂这个…… 月下 字298 2010-09-22 09:10:43
🙂网上搜来的
🙂英语果然好啊 月下 字347 2010-09-22 09:41:25
🙂这没啥不可思议的吧? 1 liupang 字193 2010-09-23 02:51:19
🙂我不是惊讶于其数量之多,而是惊讶于每个澡堂的规模之大 月下 字94 2010-09-23 05:18:15
🙂可不可以补充下 女人 海参 自毁 的资料。 老黑熊 字58 2010-09-20 23:58:57