Demons Are In Your Toilet

Demonology meets the archaeology of ancient Roman latrines. Andrew's religious studies book recommendations: http://amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfastwww.facebook.com/religionforbreakfastwww.patreon.com/religionforbreakfasttwitter: @andrewmarkhenryhttps://www.instagram.com/andrewmarkhenry/Bibliography:Primary Sources:Life and Miracles of St. Thecla, Miracle 7Suicide by xylospongium found in Seneca's letters: Epis. Mor. 70.20-21Pompeii "Cacator Cave Malum" fresco found in Taberna IX 7, 22.Clemens quote: Protrepticus 4.51Secondary Sources:Brenk, F.E. “Demonology in the Early Imperial Period.” Aufstieg und Niedergang der romischen Welt. II.16.3, (1986): 2068-2145.Dunbabin, Katherine M.D. “Baiarum Grata Voluptas: Pleasures and Dangers of the Baths,” Papers of the British School at Rome, Vol. 57, British School at Rome, (1989): 6-46.Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga, "The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems," 2015Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga. “Cacator Cave Malum: The Subject and Object of Roman Public Latrines in Italy during the First Centuries BC and AD,” in Cura Aquarum in Sicilia. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering in the Mediterranean Region.(2000)Jansen, Gemma C. M., Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, and Eric Maria Moormann. 2011. Roman Toilets: Their Archaeology and Cultural History. Peeters Publishers & Booksellers.

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