Lead Poisoning and Rome

Great read.

One of the bits I found quite funny:

>Horace cautions that those who revere the three Graces should mix no more than one part of wine with three of water—but for the poet who celebrates the nine Muses, the ratio should be inverted.

This seems like a good example of why scientists need to learn from the humanities when they apply their theories to history. There's lots about the physiology of lead poisoning and the chemistry of lead pipes, but also lots of references to Latin literature to show how people lived and what they did or didn't know.