Tradicions i costums

The romans and other culture of the thermae

Building layout

 A public bath was built around three principal rooms: the caldarium, the tepidarium and the frigidarium. Some thermae also featured steam bath, and the laconicum, a dry steam bath much like a modern sauna.

Atrium

Plans of the building
 Picture

Passing through the principal entrance, a, which is removed from the street by a narrow footway surrounding the building and after descending three steps, the bather finds a small chamber on his left  which contained a water closet , and proceeds into a covered portico  which ran round three sides of an open court . These together formed the vestibule of the baths.

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