Roman Baths Flashcards
What was the term for the public bath?
Balneum
What was the term for the main/largest type of bath?
Thermae
What was the usual price for men to bath?
Quadrans
How much more did women have to pay to bath?
2x
How much were children charged to bath?
Nothing, it was free
When did the Romans usually take a bath?
Between meridiatio and cena or on the 8th hour of the day before lunch
During the time of Constantine how many baths were in rome?
925
What was the term for the furnaces used to heat the baths?
Hypocaustum
What were the metal heaters used to heat the baths?
Testudo
What was the term for the hot water tank?
Alveus
What was the basin of metal that was used for douches?
Labrum or solium
Who was the slave that rubbed oil, scraped it off, and handed the bather his towels?
Capsarius
What was the term for the dressing room?
Apodyterium
What was the term for the warm-water bath?
Tepidarium
What was the term for hot-watered bath?
Caldarium
What was the term for cold-watered bath?
Frigidarium
What was the term for massage room?
Unctorium
What was the term for a sweat room?
Laconicum
What was the term for body scraping room?
Destrictarium
What was the term for the tool used to scrape oil from the body?
Strigil
What was the term for the exercise courtyard?
Palaestra
What was the term for the training yard for athletes?
Gymnasium
What was the term for a large swimming pool in an open area?
Natatio
What was the term for a small fish pond or pool?
Piscina
What was the term for the pavilion sitting?
Exedra
What was the term for the running track?
Stadium
What was the term for halls used by traveling lecturers?
Scholae
What was the term for the library?
Bibliotheca
