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TIL Cloacina was the Roman goddess of sewers a poem to her is attributed to Lord Byron, "O Cloacina, Goddess of this place, Look on thy suppliants with a smiling face. Soft, yet cohesive let their offerings flow, Not rashly swift nor insolently slow."

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