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Hygiene in Ancient Rome Posted by on Oct 26, 2012

Baths of Caracalla. Photo by isawnyu.

When waking up men washed their hands and face with water, and after they requested the assistance of the tonsor. This was responsible for shaving the beard and cutting hair, the aristocratic classes possessed one or more of them, we know that Julius Caesar’s likedĀ  keeping all his body perfectly shaved. But those citizens who…

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