How did the Romans go to the toilet?

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  • @alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838
    @alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2098

    0:52 - “So... did you watch the game last night?”
    - “Shut up, Cassius”

    • @ordotectonicus8585
      @ordotectonicus8585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      "I guess they don't make gladiators like they used to eh?"

    • @Dr._Rizk
      @Dr._Rizk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAYAYYAAYAUAUAHAHAHAH

    • @Anwwoo
      @Anwwoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hello, alfred!

    • @marmer4541
      @marmer4541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Yo! That gladiator was sick! Did you see those moves?!?!

    • @luki188
      @luki188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      😂😂

  • @robinlaszlo
    @robinlaszlo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1643

    I like to think your animator had a fun time drawing Roman dudes taking big dumps lmao

    • @j.peters1222
      @j.peters1222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oh no doubt about it lol

    • @woodliongaming7383
      @woodliongaming7383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It’s a scene from the tv show plebs that they’ve animated

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@woodliongaming7383 lol

    • @jeffandjoannbauer9567
      @jeffandjoannbauer9567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@woodliongaming7383 yeah, that's totally Stylax, Marcus and Grumio!

    • @jordanwilkinson4322
      @jordanwilkinson4322 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@woodliongaming7383 I love that show

  • @juantwothree3011
    @juantwothree3011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    “Excuse me. If you’re done, can you pass me that sponge, please.”

  • @thescarlethunter2160
    @thescarlethunter2160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Learning history makes you appreciate what we have today

  • @GM-dg6mj
    @GM-dg6mj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4815

    bruh i can only imagine the awkward eye to eye staring accompanied by the sound of farts and sharts

    • @1ah164
      @1ah164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      lol

    • @theelixirdefender2714
      @theelixirdefender2714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      ...why am I laughing at this so hard?

    • @SohaibKhan1
      @SohaibKhan1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      Its awkward for us today because we are used to taking a dump in full privacy from the day we are born. Back then, it was not really awkward since it was the norm...

    • @ouzi9122
      @ouzi9122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      You dont dare break eye contact, once you lock, you keep and hold until the other man lays down in deuce dominance 🤣🤣🤣

    • @gromit848
      @gromit848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      It's not that awkward. If you've ever served in the military you know.

  • @IntrepidMilo
    @IntrepidMilo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2915

    So glad for modern plumbing.

    • @Hamsteak
      @Hamsteak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Ahhh, you don't want to share a sponge lol

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Hamsteak true

    • @TheKarifax
      @TheKarifax 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You haven’t even watched the video yet

    • @tracyfearn8223
      @tracyfearn8223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pyeitme508 true

    • @CatsEyethePsycho
      @CatsEyethePsycho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes.

  • @John2r1
    @John2r1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Actually the Romans tollets used water from the Aquila Ducts which did work efficiently. The water running infront of it was used to cleaning themselves. And you could bring your own sponge. Which was probably fairly common at the time. Because even the Romans probably didn't like using other peoples sponge's.

    • @d2d2d
      @d2d2d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are just the only one who does not believe this video. All the things said are just not true. Are you from uk?

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow what an amazing journey

    • @John2r1
      @John2r1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@d2d2d No. I'm actually from the US. But I've been to several countries over the course of my career. And human nature doesn't really change. Humans don't like feeling unsanitary. And using the same sponge as some guy across from you ticks the box of eww for most people given a choice.
      Plus there was an entire industry based on harvesting and selling sponges back then. Which still exists today. But rather than using a sponge as toilet paper we use them to wash dishes today.

    • @John2r1
      @John2r1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@NewGuy-gt7py Yeah the Romans where very good engineers at the time. We only relatively recently figured out what was in Roman concrete.

    • @garnachoff2023
      @garnachoff2023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So we have the fact that Roman civilization was using big amounts of water, many times coming from very far away, of the best posible quality, running trough impressive aqueducts, tunnels and pipes, all of them constructed and kept in order for centuries, for sanitation and for the rare tradition of taking a bath more often than in many modern-day Western European countries, and to the end they were cleaning their bottoms with a communal piece of sponge??
      Hard to believe

  • @alvin101978
    @alvin101978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    “Urine played a vital role in cleansing cloth.
    me: wait, what

    • @hoolioh3721
      @hoolioh3721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Yep, it still does in some places around the world. Remember, it contains ammonia, a very basic substance that can dissolve and de-attach dirt. Google it up. So next time you forget to carry soap to the laundry you'll know what to do🙃.

    • @CharlieFoxtrot
      @CharlieFoxtrot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Urine is actually sterile coming out, not fun after it sits awhile though

    • @DOI_ARTS
      @DOI_ARTS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That persian carpet your lying on the floor is drenched in piss before being washed for selling.

    • @karaokeentertaintment8197
      @karaokeentertaintment8197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Urine is sterile learned that from Dwight Shrute

    • @IansOddInterests
      @IansOddInterests 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pee on blistered hands clears up blisters

  • @midnighttale3388
    @midnighttale3388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1582

    This is the ultimate "I don't need sleep I need answers"

  • @kiuk_kiks
    @kiuk_kiks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +910

    So grateful for being born in an era of indoor plumbing, disinfectants and germ theory.

    • @MartinLeong25
      @MartinLeong25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And be happy humans contribution will only make it better

    • @mojaytriz8048
      @mojaytriz8048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      But if you wasn’t, it wouldn’t bother you, for you couldn’t comprehend the technology after you, like now, I’m sure future humans will think we lived savagely

    • @kriegsman9779
      @kriegsman9779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And technology

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      San Francisco is still pretty much like this.

    • @MrSimplified
      @MrSimplified 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@mojaytriz8048 True I can this imagine in 2202 them writing history books about the people who used there fingers to type on phones, when you couldve just used your brain to scroll and type

  • @applepiepieapple5464
    @applepiepieapple5464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Even though this seems so primitive to us, the fact that the romans did what most in the middle ages couldn't so was astounding.

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Where geographically in the middle ages do you mean?

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Romans can go go the toilet and pee all over again (zí wo jie shao)

  • @Wumbo202
    @Wumbo202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I like how simple history is talking about a slightly disturbing topic while playing nice music in the background.

  • @DominikHatHunger
    @DominikHatHunger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +896

    A plague ravages the 21st century: People rush for toilet paper.
    Ergo mihi, virum intelectualis: Tersorium

    • @somebodysomewhere1520
      @somebodysomewhere1520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Europe in 2020: ah exrementum, hinc vado interum.

    • @kiryukazuma1308
      @kiryukazuma1308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This is actually pretty funny, to me atleast.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean u can always use ur hands 🙌

    • @1vanguard4
      @1vanguard4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Me who doesn't rush for toilet paper but instead quickly jumps into the shower: Amateurs....

    • @Justin-pe9cl
      @Justin-pe9cl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In the wild west people would use their left had. The right hand would be used for handshakes so having poo on it was not ideal.

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +802

    "Where is the Emperor?"
    "He's on the throne. No, the other one".

  • @antaxari
    @antaxari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Legend has it that they used to recognize each other by the fart's sound and smell.

    • @darkaidenalex3551
      @darkaidenalex3551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thats how you start a friendship in roman times

    • @mda1218
      @mda1218 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      men competed to honk loudest farts & deliver biggest loaf

  • @prabhumohana6482
    @prabhumohana6482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Thank you for sharing this. I can now sleep in peace after 32 years of sleepless nights trying to figure how Romans took a dump

    • @JENDALL714
      @JENDALL714 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am curious how the Amish take a dump, since they have access to modern plumbing but don't use it?

    • @awakefortwoweeks4770
      @awakefortwoweeks4770 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @GothicConservative
      @GothicConservative 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wanted to know at 28 years old. Sometimes with age it takes us wanting to know those really deep answers we weren’t taught In school, rather just really becoming curious! It’s a beautiful thing lol

    • @alexisgem3923
      @alexisgem3923 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

  • @CivilWarWeekByWeek
    @CivilWarWeekByWeek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1422

    Well this is something I never thought I would want to know

    • @CatsEyethePsycho
      @CatsEyethePsycho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dude, I just saw your comment on Overly Sarcastic Productions. 😄

    • @micahistory
      @micahistory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      he comments under every single channel i watch

    • @dude9318
      @dude9318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awesome isnt it?

    • @Medschoolsurvivor2022
      @Medschoolsurvivor2022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And now that you know I hope your next poo is relaxing

    • @historywarsandweapons932
      @historywarsandweapons932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me to

  • @d.esanchez3351
    @d.esanchez3351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +533

    Nostalgic: I miss the good old days...
    Modern pumbing: No you dont

    • @GrosvnerMcaffrey
      @GrosvnerMcaffrey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I don't think they're talking about ancient times when they say that

    • @mat7083
      @mat7083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Toilet paper: I do. I wasn’t even born yet

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Born in 1996 Toilet Paper were unexcepted to see the boy in 1950's guide xD

  • @samjohn7501
    @samjohn7501 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    It's a good way to socialize

  • @fooforce
    @fooforce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This background music is so cheerful, too cheerful for the subject.

  • @lvtheo_
    @lvtheo_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    This is something I did not expect to pop up on my recommended list..

  • @DragonballBlack
    @DragonballBlack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2141

    In the words of Randy Marsh
    "I LOVE THE FUTURE!"

  • @IIvanNuno
    @IIvanNuno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "reusable sponges on a stick" omg I want to erase that from my mind.

  • @stevenbreach2561
    @stevenbreach2561 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When we were holidaying in Turkey,we visited Ephesus,and can confirm the public and cosy toilet facilities of the Roman ruins

  • @joseguilhermesantos7148
    @joseguilhermesantos7148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    I was in the toilet when watching the video. I will never take it for granted again.

    • @gabinator777yt3
      @gabinator777yt3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I too was just watching this while taking a dump 😂😂😂

    • @MrJlee93
      @MrJlee93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Nicolas d'Avout don't question it

    • @Arborpress
      @Arborpress 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Did you see the octopus

    • @GhostChild808
      @GhostChild808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      At least you don't have those toilets where you squat down and shat hard. XD

    • @Thackery_binx
      @Thackery_binx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Arborpress yes

  • @betriz_07
    @betriz_07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    Historians: "I wonder who killed Julius Ceasar"
    Meanwhile simple history:

    • @allisvanity...9161
      @allisvanity...9161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It was his adopted son Brvtvs, and about 60 other senators. He received 23 stabs, Brvtvs delivered the killing strike.

    • @potatoeyboi
      @potatoeyboi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      *P U B L I C T O I L E T S*

    • @umbra9472
      @umbra9472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@allisvanity...9161 Brutus*, also not his adopted son just a very good friend.

    • @j.peters1222
      @j.peters1222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Basically all of his constituents turned on Caesar. Most of them being senators.

    • @allisvanity...9161
      @allisvanity...9161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@umbra9472
      Thank you, I forgot the he only adopted Octavian, that was a sophomoric mistake.
      I used V instead of U because that was the Roman usage, I was being pedantic, which failed on account of my mistake.

  • @MrCombatmedic00
    @MrCombatmedic00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This has convinced me that we need to bring back public toilets just like this. I want to look my fellow citizens in the eye and greet them while I relieve myself.

  • @adankmeme651
    @adankmeme651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I could imagine a sign in some roman street saying "This is a sidewalk, not a Sideshit"

    • @edski8536
      @edski8536 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sidechic

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ancient times were pottying in the masters of Chinese ancient such as Ouyang Xun Yan Zhenquing and Liu Gongquan

  • @alexthegreat5009
    @alexthegreat5009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +629

    Imagine having explosive diarrhea in a full public toilet room. The legs of people would definitely touch in this crowded room and you can prepare for some awkward eye contact while listening to the sounds and imagine the smell

    • @Aristocratic13
      @Aristocratic13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Un yeah my bathroom shyness would prevent this

    • @MrJlee93
      @MrJlee93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Phhhhhbbbbbbttttt!!!!!!! "DAM Fisnian, I can smell your dinner"

    • @TheDangerRoom1776
      @TheDangerRoom1776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Everyone just locking hands together to help each other push it out.

    • @_Dat_Edgy_Boi_
      @_Dat_Edgy_Boi_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@TheDangerRoom1776 forma testudinem glomerabantur

    • @AleF202
      @AleF202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      And let us not forget how common dysentery was during this era.

  • @afrikasmith1049
    @afrikasmith1049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    Ancient Rome: (Men sat on the toilet while looking at each other with no shame.)
    Modern era: (Men sat on the toilet while looking at hentai in private.)

    • @duanemiller5606
      @duanemiller5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      What part of public toilets makes you think that the women weren’t using them too?

    • @henrystickmin5286
      @henrystickmin5286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@duanemiller5606 bruh just shut up. it’s meant to be a joke. of course women used the restroom, dumbass

    • @duanemiller5606
      @duanemiller5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Shoota Boy ever seen a Roman urinal? It’s a square with a rim around the edge. It’s 2 to 3 feet per side and about three inches deep. there’s a hole in the center and there’s 2 foot pads. You stand on the foot pads and squat over the opening to relieve the old bowels. And then some parts of Italy it’s hard to find the good old fashion commode because they have Roman urinals but today they do separate for men and women.

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Shoota Boy
      I bet Duane is a really blast at parties... Then again it might not be his fault, as some people have a very low SOH threshold.
      Being British I'm quite sarcastic and use silly off the wall humour, but not everyone gets it.
      The "urinals duh..." gag made me spit my tea out 🤣 props to you Good Sir...

    • @sam8742
      @sam8742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Shoota Boy
      Most of asia, and anyone out side squats, there are toilets that have a toilet seat for squatting, squat toilets are the standard in a lot of places

  • @focalpandora9185
    @focalpandora9185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "It is possible that some people would've preferred going in the open than a public toilet."
    Some things never change....

  • @oldthug7624
    @oldthug7624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for covering these important topics. I’m not sure what I would do without this information.

  • @curraheewolf
    @curraheewolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    Many places I went to, training centers and on real world deployments, while I was in the Army were like that. Ft. Irwin, CA had a big bathroom with about 25-30 toilets on each side. One could be setting a mere two away from the other. If it was a full house, you would be sitting butt cheek to butt cheek. Some of bathrooms at the ranges were the same. There were even some old WW 2 wooden bathrooms at some of the ranges. I was scared that the wooden toilets would fall apart when I would sit down.

    • @DyslexicMitochondria
      @DyslexicMitochondria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Damn

    • @sterlingarcher8041
      @sterlingarcher8041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@DyslexicMitochondria you got a really cool channeI my dude

    • @Pyrotov
      @Pyrotov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Why does it say you posted this 4 weeks ago?

    • @lapiswolf2780
      @lapiswolf2780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How'd you post 4 weeks ago?

    • @micahdadbeh5955
      @micahdadbeh5955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Pyrotov It’s called being a member

  • @laszlohrabovszky2489
    @laszlohrabovszky2489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    Yes, you are watching animated characters sh!tting while a guy narrating about them

    • @kevinchapman2794
      @kevinchapman2794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Imagine striking a conversation while "dropping the kids of at the pool".

    • @bogdanbucurean2087
      @bogdanbucurean2087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cool

    • @station992
      @station992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Go back in city 17 where the sewers was 90% of that city.

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kevinchapman2794
      "Nice to see you Kev. How's the fa..."
      _PAAAAAAARP!!!_ *Splash!*
      "Ooof... Yeh, so, how's the family?

    • @josephcongdon427
      @josephcongdon427 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eh it's a mirror image of what's going on as I'm watching haha

  • @snips1469
    @snips1469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Another interesting fact that wasn't really portrayed here that I thought would be fun to add:
    Roman latrines were often co-ed, meaning men and women shared the same area to expel their waste.

    • @BritishRepublicsn
      @BritishRepublicsn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Gender equality

    • @fauziaabdullah3884
      @fauziaabdullah3884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EWWW

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Co-ed is such a funny word to use in this context. 😂 I feel unisex or gender-neutral works better in this context!

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@BritishRepublicsn The Romans were many things, but feminists was not one.

    • @BritishRepublicsn
      @BritishRepublicsn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TigerPrawn_ twas a joke

  • @darkwind75
    @darkwind75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love how angry everyone looks while using the public toilets 😂

  • @VikingMuayThai
    @VikingMuayThai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Accordion to a recent study, 90% of people didn’t realise I put an instrument at the start of this sentence.

    • @DyslexicMitochondria
      @DyslexicMitochondria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Oooof I just made a video about a similar topic how our brain skips insignificant details

    • @Tekkenandgaming
      @Tekkenandgaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DyslexicMitochondria you got yourself a sub, don’t disappoint me.

    • @pepefrog4066
      @pepefrog4066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I noticed it immediately and read it like three times to make sure I wasn't going insane.

    • @SentinelGhost
      @SentinelGhost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did. I just thought it was an autocorrect thing

    • @jefflanong8361
      @jefflanong8361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How wait HoW I didn't notice 2

  • @lmillenium8819
    @lmillenium8819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    Me: "Okay, it's already 3 A.M, enough for youtube and time to sleep!"
    Simple History: "Hey Wanna see how Romans go to the toilet?"
    Also Me: "Interesting, sure do"

    • @shreya-iu4le
      @shreya-iu4le 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      🤣🤣🤣same here it's 3:34 AM

    • @beatrizsoto1167
      @beatrizsoto1167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4:15am
      Sounds interesting

    • @comradeleppi2000
      @comradeleppi2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beatrizsoto1167 it's evng 6:18 pm

    • @meowmeow8766
      @meowmeow8766 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reletable its 4.39

    • @sidrahishtiyaq5412
      @sidrahishtiyaq5412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And here it's 3:45 rn. And I'm watching how Romans pooped.

  • @WandaII
    @WandaII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This episode has definitely the best ambiant sounds in the outro! Oh boy! x'D

  • @TyHever
    @TyHever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Could you do a history of “war dogs” starting from the Roman Empire with the use of their Molossian all the way to modern dogs with the US Army

  • @rufussthubbins8891
    @rufussthubbins8891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    “Literary sources suggest that the men would often relieve themselves in alleyways and on public statues”
    Ah...some things never change

    • @nandinhocunha440
      @nandinhocunha440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Tradition

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@nandinhocunha440 Brotherhood across time.

    • @astitvakumar8618
      @astitvakumar8618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      India

    • @GarkKahn
      @GarkKahn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If they were the civilized ones then why us simple barbarians shouldn't follow their example?

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It’s like San Francisco

  • @ProdiJay
    @ProdiJay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    “The sea sponge sticks were communal” 🤢

    • @johnnyblaaaze
      @johnnyblaaaze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh my

    • @d2d2d
      @d2d2d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just not true

  • @whiskeredcrocodile
    @whiskeredcrocodile 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Having no choice but do this in public has always been one of my worst recurring nightmare 😭

  • @countchocula5379
    @countchocula5379 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The real live footage of the ancient Romans relieving themselves indicates they were often quite constipated. Fascinating footage!

  • @angrybigfoot752
    @angrybigfoot752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    The grunting and fart sounds randomly during the video had me rolling 🤣

    • @midmichiganrr24gp9
      @midmichiganrr24gp9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Makes you wonder if Roman food was the equalivant of modern day taco bell lol

    • @J_Braz_
      @J_Braz_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was tastefully done

    • @edski8536
      @edski8536 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      really Child?

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can see your pee from here XD

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    "Dangit, where is the azz sponge?"
    "Wait your turn"

    • @JohnWayne99999a
      @JohnWayne99999a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lololol

    • @mayorgeneralramirez1997
      @mayorgeneralramirez1997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That probably happened

    • @hestiashearth478
      @hestiashearth478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I read this with a manly voice and some grunts

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow i already guide to see this exciting language
      Wo xing jiao

  • @kuralovien5524
    @kuralovien5524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well if you look at the sewage system of indus valley, you'll find that every house in the city had a indoor toilet and all the sewage waste was washed down to by the water bath which was built on top of the city

  • @TheAngrySaxon1
    @TheAngrySaxon1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Makes you thankful for what we have today!

  • @lexobischof7069
    @lexobischof7069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    4:50 the legs of the rats I’m crying 😂

    • @mehmetseinurgrovater417
      @mehmetseinurgrovater417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      🤣 its not a leg anymore its ''SOMETHING''

    • @TDJIMAGS
      @TDJIMAGS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Is pink thing moving fast

    • @eliguano6150
      @eliguano6150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TDJIMAGS xD

    • @rlm2933
      @rlm2933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it’s gum legs

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @U_Z_I expect were RATS
      R A T S

  • @quincyadams48
    @quincyadams48 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Italians: Who are you?
    Romans: Im you but better.

  • @elennapointer701
    @elennapointer701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I remember one of Mary Beard's glorious videos on the subject of ancient Rome, wherein she discussed Roman sanitation and some of the terminology that arose from it. According to her, if a person in communal toilet was said to be "driving a mule cart", this was a euphemism for constipation - as in, heaving at a big load that was going nowhere fast. Never let it be said the Romans lacked a lavatorial sense of humor.

  • @viperaputakeyteaparyou8237
    @viperaputakeyteaparyou8237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can imagine the fun the animators had creating this one ahahaha

  • @richardgonzalez6409
    @richardgonzalez6409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    *Octopus rising from the hole of a public toilet*
    Everyone: I think we all know where this is going

    • @SamLeroSberg
      @SamLeroSberg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes, Witches and Sorcery, **AM I RIGHT?
      totally not something else that starts with H**

    • @thegoldengamer9315
      @thegoldengamer9315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SamLeroSberg ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ

    • @duxlorbitxl9986
      @duxlorbitxl9986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I... I think I like where this is going

    • @lyziace8589
      @lyziace8589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      thus, Tentacle was born ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @McmcTimboJimbo
      @McmcTimboJimbo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ?

  • @BigBossIvan
    @BigBossIvan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I enjoyed this after I just absolutely destroyed the bathroom at work this morning.
    I had Chipotle for dinner last night.

    • @mehmetseinurgrovater417
      @mehmetseinurgrovater417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the destroyer of bathroom

    • @gabrielagustinhomas
      @gabrielagustinhomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why does Chipotle make you go to the bathroom so badly?

    • @nazzer_xlon
      @nazzer_xlon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same, except the room started overflowing

    • @quantumblue-xn9qz
      @quantumblue-xn9qz ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought you said you got destroyed at the bathroom

  • @hopebinsar2594
    @hopebinsar2594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They give us the last 15 seconds to hear what kind of noises and expressions ancient romans made while in a public toilet.

  • @qwerasdf6918
    @qwerasdf6918 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One word... Brutal!

  • @kabardino1337
    @kabardino1337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The octopus who lives in the toilet and goes out looking for food is surprisingly a cute story

  • @fidelpersaud3163
    @fidelpersaud3163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Damn, that must be really awkward...
    But atleast they're not bored in the toilet, they can play rock, paper, scissors with each other

    • @figo3554
      @figo3554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Or Cholera, Hepatitis, Typhoid.

    • @alanmaclaren4366
      @alanmaclaren4366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@figo3554 which defeats which?

    • @notisttt1240
      @notisttt1240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alanmaclaren4366 cholera has the environment advantage

    • @chaowingchinghongfingshong3109
      @chaowingchinghongfingshong3109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That game is actually fairly new.
      It probably came from Japan in the 17th century

    • @thelordnaevis4946
      @thelordnaevis4946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s like saying “closing the stall in the bathroom is awkward”
      It’s not awkward, it was the norm, everyone did it

  • @timotius_sdv
    @timotius_sdv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Me While having dinner: Hmmm interesting

  • @patrickwester7936
    @patrickwester7936 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At school, my history teacher showed this video to the class today. Pretty cool.

    • @elenawester9359
      @elenawester9359 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now I’m in 7th grade.

  • @P40man2
    @P40man2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    This is fitting, because I am literally on the toilet while watching this.

    • @Justin-pe9cl
      @Justin-pe9cl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Imagine this now, you’re watching a video on the toilet and a guy next to you leans over and says:
      Whatca (grunt, followed by splash) watchen?

    • @kaizerkeith2771
      @kaizerkeith2771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same, currently pinching off a loaf

    • @mathgasm8484
      @mathgasm8484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      pass the house sponge.

    • @kaizerkeith2771
      @kaizerkeith2771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @End Censorship! Went pretty well! I didn't need to grunt nearly as much as the guys in this video lol.

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      U z

  • @wheneggsdrop1701
    @wheneggsdrop1701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Finally some real answers to real questions.

    • @jamesbednar8625
      @jamesbednar8625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The current White House Press Secratery will probably just say something like, "I have to circle back to that".

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No i can be true i could fly to the toilet and pees all over again

  • @MidnightMiik
    @MidnightMiik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. The sound effects should be louder though. At least as loud as the music. Don’t be afraid that people won’t be able to understand you. The narration is loud and clear!

  • @CallumEder
    @CallumEder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the PLEBS references haha

  • @demon3286
    @demon3286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Roman people: we are the greatest
    Also them in toilet: you got a staring problem?

  • @rbs1201
    @rbs1201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    *Bro how’s your day?*
    The dude: *I’ve been here all day. Augustus’s olives gave me diarrhea.*

  • @bobbycrim
    @bobbycrim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Civilians: how awkward would it be to have to look at each other while taking a dump
    Military: some of the best conversations I've ever had was with a bunch of guys taking a dump

  • @deep40
    @deep40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You can find these types of toilets in old Portuguese house in Goa ( India) . The Portuguese judges used to read newspaper and think about the rest of the day. That's why toilets in Hindi got the name "Shauchalay" meaning " A place for thinking ".

  • @imbored2727
    @imbored2727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Imagine taking a dump in the middle of the night by yourself and you feel a rat or insect crawl up your crack

    • @SlickCookie
      @SlickCookie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh god

    • @jakeweberzwier8655
      @jakeweberzwier8655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A rat?

    • @MrJlee93
      @MrJlee93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would scream and everything would come out when I jump off the seat

    • @imbored2727
      @imbored2727 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrJlee93 lmao

    • @jamesbednar8625
      @jamesbednar8625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Had that happen many times while using port-a-potties while in the military or old style wooden poo-shacks out on rifle ranges - was quite "interesting" experiences.

  • @heatsflamesman6080
    @heatsflamesman6080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:54 they broke a bathroom rule there

  • @deeptibajaj9140
    @deeptibajaj9140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I can't imagine how unhealthy few of the habits were from communal sponge to pooping right beside kitchen to open defecate. India was far ahead of this atleast 3000 years before this. Many things to learn from that civilization

    • @masakkali499
      @masakkali499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ya sure...many things to learn from India including open defecation which is still practised in many places in India along with open sewers and dumping rubbish on roadside.... don't forget dead bodies floating in the holy Ganga.. India seems to go backwards day by day....

    • @deeptibajaj9140
      @deeptibajaj9140 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@masakkali499 I will not defend these practices, every civilization - from any part of the history till date, in any part of the world - has problems. Read about vedic indian society and there is lot to learn, that's what I meant above. Now if you always want to see indian society and indians backward, uneducated and unprogressive, then that's personal view!

    • @JENDALL714
      @JENDALL714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think i would bring my own sponge and if someone asks to use it, "Sorry, this sponge is mine, I brought it from home."

  • @sgeffect
    @sgeffect 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I like how they added the guys from plebs 😂.

    • @KorbinX
      @KorbinX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Grumio is a boss!

    • @NewGuy-gt7py
      @NewGuy-gt7py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @U_Z_No one expects you to believe that toilet Okay

  • @hughesholman6533
    @hughesholman6533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    imagine trying to dump and a octopus goes straight up

  • @gooseoverlord459
    @gooseoverlord459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can just imagine to conversations had in these

  • @dalee2419
    @dalee2419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Roman toilets were basically public chat room with individualized scents

  • @CMDRFandragon
    @CMDRFandragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Tune in next week for the sequel: How did Roman Soldiers take a dump in the field.

  • @rishenryan2880
    @rishenryan2880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I just realized how toilet can become such a valuable item during thousand of years ago. Good thing we got pipes and toilet paper everywhere.

  • @grandpatzer
    @grandpatzer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never would have known how much I truly needed to know this information.

  • @ClockWork-zj7zy
    @ClockWork-zj7zy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bet this was so fun to animate

  • @Achillez098
    @Achillez098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Me: (Is about to have lunch)
    Also me: "Sure, I'll watch a video about Romans pooping..."

  • @hicksau78
    @hicksau78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I'm so glad I'm born in mordern time I would be suffering from this

    • @Realmzzzz
      @Realmzzzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @CatsEyethePsycho
      @CatsEyethePsycho 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish I could go back to ancient Sumeria.

    • @notoriousbigmoai1125
      @notoriousbigmoai1125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      India still has this bro but worst.

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You could always be homeless

  • @FansteRambo
    @FansteRambo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Currently I am watching this in toilet.

  • @jessbubb6339
    @jessbubb6339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have never been so happy for toilet paper before....

  • @knight8812
    @knight8812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    i clicked faster than the word faster

  • @usamazahid3882
    @usamazahid3882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    *"Yesterday, there were the ruffians, Today, they control our lives, Tomorrow, they wound up as keepers of the public lavatories."*
    ~Juvenal~

  • @nonye0
    @nonye0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    not a cell phone in sight, just people living in the moment

  • @mukhtarsyajaratun1025
    @mukhtarsyajaratun1025 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    No phone,no newspaper, just peoples socializing with each other

  • @user-te2vs2vt3r
    @user-te2vs2vt3r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The octopus coming out from the toilet in front of everyone: FEED ME PUNY PLEBS

  • @sirarnie9837
    @sirarnie9837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    If you watch the first episode of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, you can see a scene where they use the communal toilets and sponge sticks.

    • @KorbinX
      @KorbinX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plebs too

    • @benojojojojo6149
      @benojojojojo6149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes i watched it and had me curious to know about the toilet, then i found it here at last. 😀

    • @waseem7195
      @waseem7195 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KorbinX The bogs lol

  • @exposingproxystalkingorgan4164
    @exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video even has toilet grunting sounds in the background.

  • @ba_brisk
    @ba_brisk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:28 is basically just modern day San Francisco

  • @hiimryan2388
    @hiimryan2388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Meanwhile in the modern era where we have a Mexican stand off when there's 2 people in the public restroom.

  • @Spartan265
    @Spartan265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm watching this while on the toilet. I feel connected to our ancestors.

    • @control4050
      @control4050 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eww, you take your phone to the toilet🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

  • @z-man1237
    @z-man1237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I now appreciate indoor plumbing more😂

  • @gtlfb
    @gtlfb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ephesus in Turkey has a very well preserved toilet like this. And the WWII battleship North Carolina has a similar toilet, one long bench with a water channel.

  • @reynolds619
    @reynolds619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This video looked like hemorrhoid city with how hard these dudes are pushing lol.

  • @octodaddy4494
    @octodaddy4494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm well aware about how luxurious our modern toilets are and very glad for the privacy we have. I could never go to the toilet like this.

    • @marie-clairekankuyo5838
      @marie-clairekankuyo5838 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      who wants to go back in time

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm sure you wouldn't think twice about it if this was what you grew up with and all you knew

  • @jethroarvingray8981
    @jethroarvingray8981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I did not search for this... but I'm not disappointed.

  • @daughterofwolf
    @daughterofwolf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So my reoccurring public bathroom nightmare is maybe just me remembering a past life? 😂

  • @frederickoftheartic2209
    @frederickoftheartic2209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Average Romans: Minding their own business
    A Random History TH-cam Channel: *Did Romans poo?*