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The Baths of Diocletian (Latin: Thermae Diocletiani, Italian: Terme di Diocleziano) were public baths in ancient Rome. Named after emperor Diocletian and built from AD 298 to 306, they were the largest of the imperial baths.
Larger baths called thermae were owned by the state and often covered several city blocks. The largest of these, the Baths of Diocletian, could hold up to 3,000 bathers. Fees for both types of baths were quite reasonable, within the budget of most free Roman males.
The Baths of Diocletian in Rome with three-light “Diocletian windows” visible. Diocletian windows, also called thermal windows, are large semicircular windows characteristic of the enormous public baths of Ancient Rome. They have been revived on a limited basis by some classical revivalist architects in more modern times.
The Church of Saint Susanna at the Baths of Diocletian (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Susanna alle Terme di Diocleziano) is a Catholic parish and Cistercian conventual church located on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, Italy. There has been a titular church associated to its site as far back as AD 280.
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Baths of Agrippa; Baths of Caracalla; Baths of Commodus; Baths of Constantine; Baths of Decius; Baths of Diocletian; Baths of Licinius Sura; Baths of Nero and Alexander; Baths of Septimius Severus; Baths of Titus; Baths of Trajan (later misnamed the Baths of Domitian)
By AD 300 the Baths of Diocletian would cover 140,000 square metres (1,500,000 sq ft), its soaring granite and porphyry sheltering 3,000 bathers a day. Most Roman homes, except for those of the most elite, did not have any sort of bathing area, so people from various classes of Roman society would convene at the public baths. [ 17 ]
Imperial baths were the great bathing establishments built by the Romans during the period of classical antiquity including: Baths of Caracalla; Baths of Diocletian;