Down the drain
Sometimes the internet still amazes me. I had a discussion with some
friends, about the history of sewers. In medieval fantasy worlds all the evil
usually lives in the sewers, while according to my knowledge sewers are newer.
The Romans however had some sewer systems.
Time for google... And there it was sewer-history.org . That's correct an entire website dedicated to the history of sewers, including some nice scanned articles.. So if you are also interested in this problem, read sewerage in ancient and medieval times by Harold Farnsworth Gray.
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Posted by jochem on 2004-09-16, last update on 2004-09-16