I refuse to believe they didnt have stalls. Im sure they had thin wooden, fabric or thatch stall walls which were semi-disposable and dismantlable for cleaning. I think these just didn’t survive the way the stone foundations did.
There just isn’t a scenario where it would be socially acceptable for a bunch of people shitting together with no barrier between them…
Oh ho, that’s where you’re wrong! We have a lot of literary evidence, even, of the toilets being a place for socialization! The Roman poet Martial even pens a short bit of verse (Epigrams, Book 11, 77) making fun of a man who waits in the public latrines hoping to get a dinner invitation from one of the people passing through!
I refuse to believe they didnt have stalls. Im sure they had thin wooden, fabric or thatch stall walls which were semi-disposable and dismantlable for cleaning. I think these just didn’t survive the way the stone foundations did.
There just isn’t a scenario where it would be socially acceptable for a bunch of people shitting together with no barrier between them…
Oh ho, that’s where you’re wrong! We have a lot of literary evidence, even, of the toilets being a place for socialization! The Roman poet Martial even pens a short bit of verse (Epigrams, Book 11, 77) making fun of a man who waits in the public latrines hoping to get a dinner invitation from one of the people passing through!
The past is often a weird place!
Socializing in the toilet? ! I forbid it!
What’s socially acceptable is very different in each society.
This still happens in many countries…
This is real, I’ve been to restrooms like this in multiple countries. When you got to go, you got to go.
Makes cleaning easier, you can spray it all down, and no funny business, since everyone is in your business.
Also when your squatting, your shorts/pants gather at or above your knees giving a bit of a privacy screen (a BIT).
Oh boy, you’ve lived a very sheltered life. This still happens today in a variety of scenarios.