Roman Baths

Question 1

What was the term for the public bath?

Answer 1

Balneum

Question 2

What was the term for the main/largest type of bath?

Answer 2

Thermae

Question 3

What was the usual price for men to bath?

Answer 3

Quadrans

Question 4

How much more did women have to pay to bath?

Answer 4

2x

Question 5

How much were children charged to bath?

Answer 5

Nothing, it was free

Question 6

When did the Romans usually take a bath?

Answer 6

Between meridiatio and cena or on the 8th hour of the day before lunch

Question 7

During the time of Constantine how many baths were in rome?

Answer 7

925

Question 8

What was the term for the furnaces used to heat the baths?

Answer 8

Hypocaustum

Question 9

What were the metal heaters used to heat the baths?

Answer 9

Testudo

Question 10

What was the term for the hot water tank?

Answer 10

Alveus

Question 11

What was the basin of metal that was used for douches?

Answer 11

Labrum or solium

Question 12

Who was the slave that rubbed oil, scraped it off, and handed the bather his towels?

Answer 12

Capsarius

Question 13

What was the term for the dressing room?

Answer 13

Apodyterium

Question 14

What was the term for the warm-water bath?

Answer 14

Tepidarium

Question 15

What was the term for hot-watered bath?

Answer 15

Caldarium

Question 16

What was the term for cold-watered bath?

Answer 16

Frigidarium

Question 17

What was the term for massage room?

Answer 17

Unctorium

Question 18

What was the term for a sweat room?

Answer 18

Laconicum

Question 19

What was the term for body scraping room?

Answer 19

Destrictarium

Question 20

What was the term for the tool used to scrape oil from the body?

Answer 20

Strigil

Question 21

What was the term for the exercise courtyard?

Answer 21

Palaestra

Question 22

What was the term for the training yard for athletes?

Answer 22

Gymnasium

Question 23

What was the term for a large swimming pool in an open area?

Answer 23

Natatio

Question 24

What was the term for a small fish pond or pool?

Answer 24

Piscina

Question 25

What was the term for the pavilion sitting?

Answer 25

Exedra

Question 26

What was the term for the running track?

Answer 26

Stadium

Question 27

What was the term for halls used by traveling lecturers?

Answer 27

Scholae

Question 28

What was the term for the library?

Answer 28

Bibliotheca