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The multi-seater lavatory at Housesteads Fort (known to the Romans as Vercovicium) on Hadrian's Wall. Housesteads Fort in Cumbria was constructed along with the rest of the wall in around 122. The toilet is typical of Roman ‘public’ lavatories.
Place where waste products from the body are excreted. Simple latrines, with sewers to carry away waste, have been found in the Indus Valley and ancient Babylon; the medieval garderobe is essentially the same, even though flushing lavatories had been known to Roman civilizations.
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