They had aqueducts and plumbing and refused to shit in the streets. What are you on about? India is the shit in the street place you’re thinking about.
No, Rome had the most modern sanitation system in Europe at the time. You should read "An Underground Education" by Richard Zacks, a jew, who takes some enjoyment from describing how awful European cities in the last millennium must have smelled. He dwells on the French courts and their obsession with enemas and holding court on "the throne", i.e., on a toilet.
From my own research on Elizabethan London, most areas are cesspools because of inadequate drainage, and London was hardly unique.
Your ABC journalists don't know shit from a hole in the ground.
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From my own research on Elizabethan London, most areas are cesspools because of inadequate drainage, and London was hardly unique.
Your ABC journalists don't know shit from a hole in the ground.
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