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Roman Baths (Layout (other rooms (furnace (the hypocaust: a slave would…
Roman Baths
Layout
order
palaestra
apodyterium
the changing room, comes from the Greek verb apoduien ('to take off')
tepidarium
the "warm room" - had no bath but was highly decorated, used to warm you up before the caldarium
caldarium
the "hot room" - so hot you had to wear sandals. strigils and oils to scrape dead skin off were used here
frigidarium
the "cold room", to remove sweat and close pores
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other rooms
furnace
created hot air and smoke that was sent through the baths via the hypocaust. wood was used as a fuel
the hypocaust: a slave would man the fire, then hot air would pass up the flue to heat up the walls. the hot air would also pass through brick piles to heat up the floor. finally hot air would pass up a flue at the other end to heat the other room
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Activities
slaves
held towels, stoked fires, cleaned pavements, looked after clothes, sold things to visitors, massaged, plucked hair
woke up before daylight - no one awake, no sunlight, uncomfortable conditions, had dark unpleasant areas,
elite women
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dirt and oil scraped off, take a scroll, buy a light snack, talk to other important women, sunbathe, massage, manicure
went when husbands were doing business, very close to husbands' places of business so ideal place to go, took their slave, a grand and beautiful place
