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-You are overestimating the amount of shit produced in one siting XD. Also, I you get yourself dirty is YOUR shame, so more interest in keeping yourself clean. -You don't have to go that deep. Also, using a stick to clean your ass is very uncomfortable, one should expect that the romans would have found a better way in all its story.
P.S. I love being able to discus how people in ancient times wiped them selves.
People who don't wipe very often smell - especially if, as in Roman society, you would not have necessarily been taking every shit at a convenient latrine.
Romans were a very communal society, and as mentioned, public cleanliness and the idea of 'foul air' causing illness were important ideas to the Romans.
The hole isn't large and the latrine isn't exactly shallow. How deep are you going to get in that before you have to put your arm in there?
And why should I go that deep? There was running water. You could perfectly clean the dirty areas who could touch the next person using the toilet. And then use running water or other solution to clean yourself. Also, we don't know if there was also wood in the toilets that didn't survive thousands of years.