The Romans

The Bath House

The Roman Bath House was the place to be seen.

t was the place where people went to socialise and do business as well as getting clean.

Public baths were places where people could go to bathe, meet and discuss business. There were hot and cold baths as well as massage rooms.

Bath House

Twelve facts about the Bath House:-

There were hot, warm and cold baths

Water was heated by a boiler over a fire

The hot room was called the caldarium

The cold room was called the frigidarium

Men and women used separate bath houses

The floor might be covered with a mosaic

You had to pay to use the baths

You could buy refreshments at the baths

People did weight lifting at the baths

Public slaves could give you a massage

There was no soap so people used oil instead

Sticks called strigils were used to scrape dirt off the body

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