Published Online: Dec 30, 2016
Page range: 33 - 49
Received: Aug 29, 2016
Accepted: Sep 12, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2016-0013
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This article describes select examples of waste management from the Roman Empire (27 BCE to 365 CE). Classical written sources and anthropological and archeological literature were studied. The central theme of this paper is ancient man’s relationship with waste and his responses to pollution.