Roman Baths
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Roman Baths
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Names• Thermae – huge baths built by emperors• Balnea – smaller facilities throughout the city
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Floor Plans
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Palaestra
• Exercise field• Wrestling, fencing, boxing, etc.• Socializing• Weight rooms along the edge
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Apodyterium
• Changing room• Slave would take clothes & belongings and
store in a cubby
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Tepidarium
• “Warm room”• Tepid in English = lukewarm; with little
enthusiasm• Work up a sweat slowly before going to the
hot room
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Caldarium
• “Hot room” like scald• Deep tub of hot water at one end• Marble benches• Olive oil & strigil• Massage• Cold water at the other end
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Frigidarium
• “Cold room” – think “refrigerator”• Unheated water• Refreshing end of the trip
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Other Rooms
• Laconicum – hot, dry room like a sauna• Unctorium – room specifically for oil massages
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Heating System - Hypocaust