The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

You’d sit down, do your business straight into the drain below and probably have a chat with some of your friends as you did so ... the Romans had to wear pants. A Roman soldier was a well ...

Most soldiers in the Roman Empire ... have a chat with some of your friends as you did so. And I know it looks a bit odd but that’s because in Roman times people always used to go to the loo ...