Weird History
What Hygiene Was Like for a Roman Emperor
2021 • E147 Dec 12, 2021 11m
The norms and conventions of the ancient Roman world largely dictated the hygiene practices of its emperors - as did their personal vanity, practicality, and access to luxury. Physical representations of these men on coins and in busts give us an idea of their appearance while surviving literature provides insight into just how clean they really were.