Baths

Comenius Project, 2013-2015

Classical Times light the way to our future

Bath.

The Roman Bath, Bath.

• Roman baths were very important.• There were private and public bath• The Roman bath, in Bath is a fantastic

building.

The Rooms

• First, the Romans got undressed in the changing room

• Then there were 4 main rooms

The caldarium

• It was a hot room with a hot pool

• There was a very clever system to heat the room

The hypocaust or underfloor heating !

• There were columns of bricks under the floor

• The slaves made fires

• The hot air heated the floor and the walls

The laconicum

• This room was extremaly hot

• It was like a sauna

The tepidarium

• It was a warm room with a pool

• There was underfloor heating too

The frigidarium

• This was the last room

• It had a cold pool

In Bath, the water came from a natural hot spring

There was a very sophisticated system of pipes to carry the

water