Roman Baths !

Roman Baths!

By: Italia Octavia.

History about the baths…

• The baths have existed in Roman life since the 2nd century BC and were initially for men only.

• Romans also looked to Greece for ideas. Greeks had had modest baths as did other civilizations. Referred to the "Great Bath" at Mohenjo-Daro in modern Pakistan date from 2500 BC.

• Greeks had small pools, tubs, footbaths and even a form of shower. But the Romans took all these ideas to develop an architectural marvel. Looking at baths from previous cultures, they added various areas for sports and exercise and created huge monuments with a form of central heating.

People coming to the Roman Baths!

• By 33 BC there were 170 baths, public and private in Rome alone. As the empire grew bathing places became more and more luxurious.

• By the end of the first century huge private and public baths had been built. Martial referred to them as thermae.

• The daily bath had became a social occasion. The increase in the numbers of baths in dramatic. By the end of the 4th century, there were 11 public baths and 926 private baths in Rome alone. The bath of Diocletian, built in 305 AD could hold over 3000 bathers.

A tour of a Caracalla the bath….

The outside of Caracalla

• The arches on the outside of the bath..

• Some bath tiles of the bath..

• A statue at the bath..

• The entrance to the roman bath..

More history about Roman Baths..

• It was very cheap to use a Roman bath. A visitor, after paying his entrance fee, would strip naked and hand his clothes to an attendant.

• He could then do some exercising to work up a sweat before moving into the tepidarium. The idea, as with a sauna, was for the sweat to get rid of the body's dirt.

• After this a slave would rub olive oil into the visitor's skin and then scrap it off with a strigil. After this, the visitor would return to the tepidarium and then to frigidarium to cool down. Finally, he could use the main pool for a swim or to generally socialize.Bathing was very important to the Ancient Romans as it served many functions.

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