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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Roman Baths-Not quite the same as today...


Public baths (thermae) were all over Rome. They were in large cities and small towns alike. Under the Republic they had hot, warm, and cold-water baths (caldaria, tepidaria, frigidaria). Alongside these baths were the exercise areas (palaestra). The baths near Pompeii's forum (75 BC) are an excellent example of the early type of public baths. Under the empire these structures became grander. Sone examples of these new baths are the Baths of Caracalla (ca. AD 217) in Rome. These also included libraries, lecture halls, and vast vaulted public spaces. They were decorated with statues, mosaics, painting, and stuccos.

Chapter 15 S.A., #'s 1-9

1. I have long been on that ship and because of the storm and the clouds, I kept expecting death.
2. We came up to that city in seven hours.
3. Italy was abundant in the Greek arts at those times, and many Romans cultivated these arts.
4. They kept hesitating between war and peace.
5. In that time, I was driving that man into the city.
6. Each miserable kept saying : "I am a Roman citizen."
7. My girl used to love her sparrow, and the sparrow chirped to her only and it did not move from her lap.
8. My sons used to esteem my brother, they avoided me; they called me a bitter father and awaited my death. Now on the other hand, I changed my morals have changed and I will draw two sons to me tomorrow
9. The tyrant Dionysius, because the head barber kept fearing to commit, he taught his daughters to cut his beard and hair, so the maidens cut their father's hair and beard.