In preparation for Arko August, I had a few thoughts on Arko shaving soap/stick. I may be off base, but again maybe not. I have a BA in archeology and MA in physical anthropology. Now we all know that Arko is made in modern day Turkey. What is now Turkey used to be a major part of the Roman Empire. In fact it was the center of the Eastern Roman Empire. Is it possible that during Roman Empire times, manly Roman Legionnaires used a shaving soap that was the precursor of Arko? That over the ages this shaving soap evolved into the Arko that we know, and love, today? Maybe so, maybe not. Still it is something to think about as Arko August approaches.