Latrina
Subtitle: Roman Toilets in the Northwestern Provinces of the Roman Empire
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2018
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781784917258
Subjects: Toilets; Europe, social life and customs
Description: This volume presents a selection of papers and case studies first presented at a conference designed to focus on the toilets of the Northwestern provinces of the Roman Empire, taking place at Radboud University on the 1st and 2nd of May 2009. Papers demonstrate the value of scientific analysis of waste to understand the food habits and diseases of the Roman users of the toilet, while elsewhere questions on how to find the necessary expertise and financing for such investigations were raised.