Roman baths
madison caron & emily wrenn
Baths of Diocletian
- Baths of Diocletian largest Thermae built in Rome constructed in the early third century and was estimated to hold 3000 people. Built by Maxentius who had the complex named Therme Diocletiani, after the Diocletian emperor.The bricks of the structure were covered with marble on the inside and marble-appearing stucco on the outside, appearing like the white marble of the Baths of Caracalla. The time built between 298 and 306 AD. Its located in Regione VI Alta Semtia, Rome
(questions # 1,2,3,4,6)
- Purpose: to romans bathing was a social event. Large bath houses reflected importance in roman society. More than just getting clean the baths were a place to socialize, gossip, and discuss politics. It was also a fitness and leisure center, consisting of a swimming pool, massage room, meeting halls, libraries, and sporting facilities. The romans baths were made of 3 main complexes differentiating in temperature of water: the frigidarium (cold), the tepidarium (warm), and the caldarium. Some romans even went to the sudatorium which is a sauna used before going to the caldarium.(question 5,7)
- They were still somewhat standing after invading goths destroyed the aqueduct the baths were destroyed to ruins. today some remains have been preserved as they were incoeperated into new buildings such as:
- The pantheon-esque San Bernardo alle Terme church
- Aula Ottagona
- Octagonal hall
- Santa Maria degli Angeli
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Baths of Caracalla
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Other Roman Baths
Inside the Thermae were the actual baths, a series of heated rooms and pools. Many were carefully situated to make the most of the heat of the sun. This system used water, heated in fiery furnaces under the raised floors of the baths. The resulting steam was channeled through special chambers under the floors and in the walls. This could get the floors very hot so that, unless bath floors were very thick, they would be too hot to walk on. This created the bath rooms to be very large in size.