Show th the ito did mut nt use V snap soap the romans were not acquainted with the tile use of regular soap but they employed an alkali with which the grea arca dirt way was dissolved diR solved out of their clothes this alkali called nittum is referred to by pliny but the cheapest solvent waa was urine winch which was ilc d nio the clothes clot lies were put in lit this mixed with water and then stamped upon with the feet tins this process was performed by old people whilo while boya boys lifted the clothes out of the tubs the th 0 white garments after being to ing washed were subjected to the tile vapor it of sulphur being stretched ou on a frame and od the sil si l plair burned beri beneath vath pool in rome cleansed their bodies with meal ineal ot of dupins called culled which with common ro meal tx is baill used wed in ill some places for that purpose knowledge |