Toilets in the sitting position   This regards your comment on the ancient toilets supposedly used in the sitting position A few points    The toilets discussed in the quote were not Roman toilets the ones shown in the picture    I contacted Dick Teresi the author of the quote asking him how he knew that the toilets were used in the sitting position  He refused to reply to my question  I suspect that he has made the same mistake that is often made by tourists who sit on the ancient Roman toilets  They see footpads as seats due to their cultural insularity