How Victorian London Almost Ended Up with a Roman Sewer

We have to thank the downfall of the imperium to that.

I thought they had the miasma theory, not basic bacterial theory. This article implies that that was the case.

Thanks for pointing out the Nemi ships. I hadn't heard of them before.

The article reports that they found skeletons and coins. Why is it hard to believe that human remains and coins were found under a city where millions of people have lived and died? I think these findings are highly credible.