Unconventional Roman Cleaning Methods
Bathing and being clean were all the rage in ancient Rome. Public baths and bathrooms were pretty widely available, but they weren’t found everywhere across the city. This meant that people needed an alternative to use in between their visits.
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Chamber pots were introduced as a convenient way to collect waste, especially at night or in periods of bad weather. The chamber lye, essentially just a nickname for urine, was collected from the chamber pots and used as an early form of laundry detergent. The ammonia found in urine even acted as a whitener!
