SC - reasonably safe water at Pennsic

[Michael Newton]

Over-simplify and behold the expert commentary which appears.  Corrections
graciously accepted.

Thinking more about cisterns, what evidence is there that they were strictly
for collecting rain water?  They could have been additionally filled from
other sources to provide the gravity drop for running water or merely to
guarantee a water supply.

Bear


> Actually I suspect they needed a steady source of water for a 
> myriad of
> purposes.  Cisterns flowed to sinks for washing and scrubbing up.  The
> Romans had communal bath rooms with key hole shaped privy 
> holes, I've seen
> pictures.  The sewage was deposited directly into trough 
> filled with flowing
> water.
> 
> Daniel Raoul le Vascon de Navarre'
>