Strigils were scrapers. A person would be oiled up and then the
strigil was used to scrape off the oil and dirt. The Romans used
oil in place of our soap, although soap was known.
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Olive oil and a strigil, followed by hot and cold water - then
Roman way.
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I'm pretty sure they used it to scrape of oils and dirt of their
skins. I don't know if that helped...
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It's called a strigil and was commonly made of bronze.