I was there and saw the latrines - they were made of stone and according to the guide, people of nobility were the only ones allowed to use the 9 latrines. They had to made an appointment for them and sent a slave to sit on the seat to warm it up. I never asked if they used "toilet paper" or leaves or what or nothing. Do you know?
2006-09-03 14:05:03 · 7 answers · asked by JERILYN N 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
This question stinks, but I'd say what ever they wanted.
2006-09-03 14:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by raininmyshoe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same thing that most folks in the world do now - They dont
use toilet paper or use a western toilet that you sit on. They stoop
down over a hole to poop and if able - wash their *** with water
and their left hand. This type of toilet is called a Eastern toilet and is common used in many, many countries and if you go there and they have a western toilet for you - it because you are in a hotel that caters to westerners. Thats why you never touch anybody with your
left hand in that part of the world - its considered the filthy hand.
2006-09-03 14:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They probably used leaves or cloth, since toilet paper didn't arrive on the scene (for mass market) after 1880.
Other types of "toilet paper":
*Newsprint, paper catalogue pages in early US
*Hayballs, Scraper/gompf stick kept in container by the privy in the Middle Ages
*Discarded sheep's wool in the Viking Age, England
*Frayed end of an old anchor cable was used by sailing crews from Spain and Portugal *Medieval Europe- Straw, hay, grass, gompf stick
*Corn cobs, Sears Roebuck catalog, mussel shell, newspaper, leaves, sand- United States
*Water and your left hand, India
*Pages from a book, British Lords
*Coconut shells in early Hawaii
*Lace was used by French Royalty
*Public Restrooms in Ancient Rome- A sponge soaked in salt water, on the end of a stick
*The Wealthy in Ancient Rome-Wool and Rosewater
*French Royalty-lace, hemp
*Hemp & wool were used by the elite citizens of the world
*Defecating in the river was very common internationally
*Bidet, France
*Snow and Tundra Moss were used by early Eskimos
But, your BEST history site for all this info is:
http://www.toiletpaperworld.com/tpw/encyclopedia/navigation/funfacts.htm
2006-09-03 14:15:06 · answer #3 · answered by ICG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sears catalogs
2006-09-03 14:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by kristycordeaux 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no but I think what kind of toilet paper people use--ancient or modern--is really just to much info for me
2006-09-03 14:11:12 · answer #5 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the slave cleaned them with water
2006-09-03 14:13:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
leaves? water, as in "bidet"?
I don't know for sure, but whoever sold it sure wiped up.
2006-09-03 14:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋