Kim Bowes: belief

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…How clean is that drainage system? Say you and I are walking around Pompeii or parts of Rome, are we having to hold our noses, or is it like a city in India today, or what would you compare it to? What’s your sense? Of course, Indian cities are moving very quickly to clean up their hygiene. You’re absolutely holding your noses. This is, I think, what’s really interesting about the Roman world. On the one hand, it has some of the most advanced, and they put so much energy and treasure into things like public infrastructure, like sewers and drains. At the same time, these are incredibly dense, unprecedentedly dense spaces, so getting on top of the poop problem is an insurmountable problem. If a visitor, if any of your listeners goes to Pompeii, you will notice that there are stepping stones to get across the street. This is to keep you out of all of the refuse in the street, and this is a city that has really good public sanitation. It’s just not quite good enough. In an elite home. Are there pets?…

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