Transcript Slide 1

Roman Baths
The Roman Thermae
The Apodyterium
•The dressing room
•There were cubbies to store clothing
•Slaves usually guarded bathers clothes
The Palaestra
•The exercise ground
•Here the men would exercise to work up a sweat
•Men would lift weights, play ball, wrestle and run
•Olive oil was applied to their bodies
The Tepidarium
•The bathers would have the dirt and oil
scraped off their bodies
•Curved metal instruments called strigils were
used
•Had heated walls and floors
The Caldarium
•The hot room
•Closest to the furnace
•Had a small pool with very hot water
•Also had a labrum, a fountain filled with cool water
The Frigidarium
•The cooling
room
•Housed an icy
bath to close the
pores
The Latrines
•Long cement seats
with several holes
•Some had marble
seats
•Were above a continuous flow of water
•Bathers used sponges attached to sticks to
clean themselves
The Hypocaust
•The heating system
•Floor was raised from the
ground with pillars
•Spaces in the wall for hot air
to enter
•Hotter rooms were closest to
the praefurnium, or the
furnace