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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.
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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