First hit from Google for “Did they use soap in biblical times?”: >”Soap became hugely popular throughout the Roman Empire, around 100 BC to 400 AD. When the r

First hit from Google for “Did they use soap in biblical times?”: >”Soap became hugely popular throughout the Roman Empire, around 100 BC to 400 AD. When the ruins of Pompeii were excavated, an entire soap factory was discovered in the rubble.”