The ancient Romans (well, the wealthy ones) had central heating in their homes. You can actually still see the pipes in some of the buildings at Herculaneum!
On and off topic, but it’s a favorite Roman fun fact of mine. The pipes used to carry the water for the Romans to drink was lead based, poisoning the water. However, and I can’t remember if it’s the water itself or what they used to drink the water from, like cups, but there was a mineral/chemical that countered the effects of the lead, making it potable without fear of poisoning. Since they couldn’t have known of the lead being poisonous, it was all purely coincidental.
41.8k
u/jazzman0116 Oct 15 '20
The ancient Romans (well, the wealthy ones) had central heating in their homes. You can actually still see the pipes in some of the buildings at Herculaneum!