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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4305768, member: 19463&quot;]First, let me point out that I do not dislike Flavians but I don&#039;t specialize in them so my examples will be Severan.&nbsp; For this thread, I&#039;ll show two Julia Domna, &quot;Emesa&#039; mint denarii from the &quot;Happiness is a full shopping cart&quot; series.&nbsp; Today&#039;s &quot;situation&quot; in grocery stores</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095531[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1095532[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/ancient-roman-bathrooms/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/ancient-roman-bathrooms/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/ancient-roman-bathrooms/</a></p><p>Yes, I know those two things sticking up in the second photo are grain stalks but after you read the link above you may see the need to hoard toilet paper was not understood in Rome.&nbsp; Someone of the Domna class would have a servant dedicated to cleaning the Imperial bottom but a sponge on a stick was high tech for the day.</p><p><img src="https://www.sapiens.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/02-Tesorium-194x300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;m wondering how many who took Latin in school learned the word &#039;tersorium&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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