Ancient Rome Smell Clues

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What did ancient Rome smell like? BO, rotting corpses and raw sewage for starters ...

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We know less about the scents of ancient Rome , but literary texts and physical remains of structures, objects, and environmental evidence (such as plants and animals) can offer clues.

In many areas, Rome was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling.

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and waste they created.

Thomas J. Derrick is an archaeologist specializing in the Roman Imperial period.

His work centers on the everyday lives of Roman people, emphasizing how they lived through analysis of overlooked objects and sensory experiences.

He has excavated and studied Roman glass assemblages across Italy , Kosovo and Britain .

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