New research contests the myth that it was Christianity's opposition to nudity that led to the decline in large-scale bathing in the late Roman Empire.
(You had me at "by Sarah Bond.") https://hyperallergic.com/785529/why-did-roman-baths-disappear/
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@estherschindler Not bathing was still going on in the 1700s. Louis XIV was said to have only bathed 3 times in his life. A professor said that all the access to lakes and rivers here in the US eventually led to more frequent bathing.
https://www.history.com/news/american-colonists-pilgrims-puritans-bathing