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The Roman bath, for instance, included a far more complex ritual than a simple immersion or sweating procedure. The various parts of the bathing ritual (undressing, bathing, sweating, receiving a massage and resting), required separated rooms which the Romans built to accommodate those functions.
The Baths of Nero (Thermae Neronis) or Baths of Alexander (Thermae Alexandrinae) were a complex of ancient Roman baths on the Campus Martius in Rome, built by Nero in either 62 or 64 [1] and rebuilt by Alexander Severus in 227 or 229. [2]
The Baths of Titus were the first of the "imperial" baths to use what would become a standard design for public bathing complexes in Rome in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. [4] The entire building was strictly symmetrical, and featured along its center axis from north to south the main bath chambers in a sequence: frigidarium , tepidarium , and ...
The Baths of Caracalla (Italian: Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, after the Baths of Diocletian. The baths were likely built between AD 212 (or 211) and 216/217, during the reigns of emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla . [ 2 ]
Roman public baths in Bath, England.The entire structure above the level of the pillar bases is a later reconstruction. Bulla Regia, inside the thermal baths. In ancient Rome, thermae (from Greek θερμός thermos, "hot") and balneae (from Greek βαλανεῖον balaneion) were facilities for bathing.
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The original baths, founded and built by Septimius Severus, were enlarged and decorated under Constantine I. [5] They were adorned with numerous mosaics, paintings and colourful marble [6] as well as with over eighty statues, depicting historical figures such as Homer, Hesiod, Plato, Aristotle, Julius Caesar, Demosthenes, Aeschines and Virgil, as well as gods and mythological heroes. [7]
Ancient Roman baths in Italy (1 C, 12 P) S. Ancient Roman baths in Spain (3 P) Pages in category "Ancient Roman baths" The following 34 pages are in this category ...