Roman Baths

Names• Thermae – huge baths built by emperors• Balnea – smaller facilities throughout the city

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Floor Plans

Palaestra

• Exercise field• Wrestling, fencing, boxing, etc.• Socializing• Weight rooms along the edge

Apodyterium

• Changing room• Slave would take clothes & belongings and

store in a cubby

Tepidarium

• “Warm room”• Tepid in English = lukewarm; with little

enthusiasm• Work up a sweat slowly before going to the

hot room

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

Frigidarium

• “Cold room” – think “refrigerator”• Unheated water• Refreshing end of the trip

Other Rooms

• Laconicum – hot, dry room like a sauna• Unctorium – room specifically for oil massages

Heating System - Hypocaust