Fava beans contain small amounts of L-Dopa which increases dopamine and can give some people more vivid dreams. So that could explain the “souls of the dead” belief – could be enough people dreamt of dead relatives to believe they’d seen their spirits.
Use a sponge at the end of a stick (because they did not have toilet tissue) in the public restrooms (nobody except the very rich had private toilets). Remember to rinse it off for the next user.
tudza Premium Member 24 days ago
Also, urine to whiten togas. If you reached the age of 10 you could live until 45 or 50. Rich guys, 60 to 70.
Nuliajuk 23 days ago
Fava beans contain small amounts of L-Dopa which increases dopamine and can give some people more vivid dreams. So that could explain the “souls of the dead” belief – could be enough people dreamt of dead relatives to believe they’d seen their spirits.
P51Strega 23 days ago
Listerurine ?
Bruce388 23 days ago
Seems logical to me.
silberdistel 23 days ago
Not everything was better in the old days. ;-/
Lee26 Premium Member 23 days ago
As a lefty, I would’ve never made it in Rome.
Teto85 Premium Member 23 days ago
Use a sponge at the end of a stick (because they did not have toilet tissue) in the public restrooms (nobody except the very rich had private toilets). Remember to rinse it off for the next user.
PoodleGroomer 23 days ago
Considered slavery a career.
gopher gofer 23 days ago
looked forward to being immortalized in 1950s sword and sandals movies…
mistercatworks 23 days ago
Urban myths that educated upper-class Romans promoted to reduce the population of the uneducated. (Just guessing)
Kaputnik 22 days ago
Apparently the gods have been trying to tell me “bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”.
artjohn42 22 days ago
That urine thing explains so much!
Chris Sherlock 22 days ago
No one lived to be very ancient in Rome.
donut reply 22 days ago
The last one explains all the others.
If I remember correctly the latin word for left is sinister.