This is a photograph of Roman latrines from Lepcis Magna in Libya. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

Roman latrines, or foricae, were part of a sophisticated, interconnected public sanitation system of aqueducts, baths and sewers. According to literary and archaeological evidence, most foricae were ...

Demonology meets the archaeology of ancient Roman latrines.