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2024-12-15 04:15:43 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

If the xylospongium or tersorium was used for wiping the backside, cleaning the latrine or something else is unknown, historians still debate it's function but there's no real evidence for it's actual purpose. https://www.academia.edu/5333789/Xylospongium https://www.jstor.org/stable/4433639 https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/fuabt/article/download/54809/53889 https://archaeologymysteries.com/2023/03/28/did-the-ancient-romans-share-their-toilet-sponge/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylospongium https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/dawd91/the_use_of_shared_roman_butt_sponges/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/l1t8ut/were_roman_bathrooms_really_really_gross/

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  • summary
    • If the xylospongium or tersorium was used for wiping the backside, cleaning the latrine or something else is unknown, historians still debate it's function but there's no real evidence for it's actual purpose. https://www.academia.edu/5333789/Xylospongium https://www.jstor.org/stable/4433639 https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/fuabt/article/download/54809/53889 https://archaeologymysteries.com/2023/03/28/did-the-ancient-romans-share-their-toilet-sponge/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylospongium https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/dawd91/the_use_of_shared_roman_butt_sponges/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/l1t8ut/were_roman_bathrooms_really_really_gross/