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Thermae
also called Roman bath and has 5 more synonyms ↓
Ancient Roman Bath Houses
Balnea
Roman Bath Houses
Roman Baths
Thermæ
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Thermae
also called Roman bath and has 5 more synonyms ↓
Ancient Roman Bath Houses
Balnea
Roman Bath Houses
Roman Baths
Thermæ
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bath roman

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The terms balnea or thermae were the words the ancient Romans used for the buildings housing their public baths

Most Roman cities had at least one, if not many, such buildings, which were centers of public bathing and socialization

Baths were extremely important for Romans

They stayed there for several hours and went daily

Wealthier Romans were accompanied by one or more slaves

The women's bath

A three-tiered water boiler (miliarium)

Roman Baths (Balneae)

The caldarium

The tepidarium

Roman Bath: a day at the baths

Limes in Austria

Roman Baths of Weissenburg Digital Media Archive

Roman baths and bathing

The frigidarium

Traianus

ThermeMuseum (Museum of the Thermae) in Heerlen

Virtual Historical Reconstruction of the Roman Baths in Weißenburg, Germany, using data from laser scan technology

The apodyterium

Roman public baths in Bath, England

balneae, balineae, balneum and balineum are all commonly translated as "bath" or "baths"; but in the writings of the earlier Roman authors these terms are used with discrimination

Plan of the Old Baths at Pompeii (click to enlarge)

A public bath was built around three principal rooms: the caldarium (hot bath), the tepidarium (warm bath) and the frigidarium (cold bath)

The baths often included, aside from the three main rooms listed above, a palaestra, or outdoor gymnasium where men would engage in various ball games and exercises

The baths were an important place in the lives of Romans

Baths sprung up all over the empire

Where natural hot springs existed (as in Bath, England, and Băile Herculane) thermae were built around them

Alternatively a system of hypocausta (Greek hypocauston < hypo "below" + kaio "to burn") were utilized to heat the waters heated by a furnace (praefurnium)

A number of Roman public baths survive, either as ruins or in varying degrees of conservation