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Roman Times: Keeping ancient Romans clean and healthy

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Roman Times: Keeping ancient Romans clean and healthy

SUBJECTS:  History

YEARS:  7–8

How did people keep clean in ancient Rome when most people lived in small flats with no plumbing or running water?

How did they keep healthy in a time when only the rich could afford doctors and medical knowledge was lacking?

Discover the extraordinarily advanced world of Roman engineering that produced public baths, toilets, sewers and fountains.


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Production Date: 2010


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