{"id":85083,"date":"2020-11-24T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=ciekawostki&#038;p=85083"},"modified":"2020-11-24T11:29:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T10:29:01","slug":"strigimentum-exfoliated-epidermis-sweat-and-oil","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/strigimentum-exfoliated-epidermis-sweat-and-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Strigimentum &#8211; exfoliated epidermis, sweat and oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient Romans used the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/roman-strigil\/\">strigil<\/a> tool to cleanse their skin. From the skin, they scraped not only perfumed oils that were applied to the skin but also sweat and dead skin. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The ancients referred to this scraped off a mixture of sweat, oil and epidermis as <em>strigimentum<\/em> in Latin and <em>gloios<\/em> in Greek. In practice, after running the strigil over the body, all the accumulated material was thrown onto the floor or wall. Interestingly, some medics have used the remaining <em>strigimentum<\/em> in creating their ointments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/pliniusz-starszy\/\">Pliny the Elder<\/a> wrote a lot about<em> strigimentum <\/em>and says that the Romans believed in its healing properties, including to treat inflammation, to relieve joint swelling, to treat uterine and menstrual problems, to reduce genital infections and to relieve haemorrhoids<sup class=\"footnote\" data-qtip=\"Pliny the Elder, Natural history, 28.13\" data-footid=\"1\">1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Ancient sources also indicate that <em> strigimentum <\/em> was a commodity on which to make money. Valerius Maximus mentions a certain Hybreas of Mylas, who was known not only for his oratory skills but also for the fact that he was identical to a slave from the city of Kyme, who collected\/cleaned up leftovers in gymnasiums<sup class=\"footnote\" data-qtip=\"Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX, 9.14\" data-footid=\"2\">2<\/sup>. One of the preserved inscription in the gymnasium in Beroi (central Bulgaria) mentions the practice itself.<\/p>\n<p><em>Strigimentum<\/em> leftover from famous athletes may have been the most valuable, and people were willing to pay a lot of money for it.<\/p>\n<p>Galen, a 2nd-century physician, claims that two materials were collected in gymnasiums for medical purposes. Dirt (<em>rupos<\/em>) was scraped off the walls and a mixture of oil, sweat and epidermis from the floor (<em>pathos<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":85081,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[77],"class_list":["post-85083","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-unknown-facts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/85083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/85083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=85083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}