Sources - The Baths Flashcards

1
Q

Who went to the baths

A

Men and women of all social classes

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2
Q

Men and women bathed ____________

A

Separately

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3
Q

What happened if the buildings were too small to have separate facilities

A

Men and women would bathe at different times

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4
Q

Lower class people used the public baths where the entry fee was _________. They probably did not go every day

A

Small

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5
Q

What would wealthier men do

A

Join private bathing clubs, where the fee was higher

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6
Q

How often would wealthier men go to the baths

A

Probably every day

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7
Q

When did the Romans go to the baths

A

In the afternoon

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8
Q

What would Romans do at the baths

A
Meet friends and chat
Exercise and train
Swim
Bather and have a massage
Have their armpits plucked
Listen to public speaker like philosophers or poets
Eat snacks such as sausages or nuts
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9
Q

The bathing process:
First: Check in at the apodyterium (__________ _______). Pay the entrance fee and check in the clothes with a ________ or leave it in a wooden ___________

A

Changing room
Slave
Locker

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10
Q

The bathing process:

Secondly: Move into the palaestra (___________ ________).

A

Exercise ground

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11
Q

The bathing process:

Thirdly: Move into the tepidarium (________ _______)

A

The warm room

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12
Q

The bathing process:

Fourthly: Enter the caldarium (______ _______)

A

The hot room

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13
Q

The bathing process:

Fifthly: Enter the frigidium (_______ ______)

A

Cold pool

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14
Q

The bathing process:

  1. ?
  2. ?
  3. ?
  4. ?
  5. ?
A
  1. Changing room
  2. Exercise ground
  3. Warm room
  4. Hot room
  5. Cold pool
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15
Q

In the palaestra you can: _______ in the outdoor swimming pool, play ______ in the __________ alley, exercise with ________ or a _______, or _________ on the sandy surface

A
Swim
Bowls
Bowling alley
Weights
Discus
Wrestle
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16
Q

What did the Romans do in the Tepidarium

A

Chat to friends

17
Q

A ________ heated the tepidarium

A

Brazier

18
Q

What did the Romans do in the caldarium

A

Sweat
Wallow in a hot tub of water
Rub themselves with olive oil
Massage

19
Q

What was the caldarium heated by

A

A hypocaust

20
Q

What would the Romans do in the frigidarium

A

Have a quick dip to open up the pores for the rest of the day

21
Q

What was the hypocaust

A

An under floor heating system

22
Q

The hot _____ from the hypocaust rises through flues or chimneys built into the _______. This keeps the walls of the room and also provides a draw for the _______ in the hypocaust

A

Air
Walls
Fire

23
Q

The arch and the dome:

The romans used these shapes for the ceilings of the baths for 2 reasons:

A

It enabled large open rooms to be built
When the steam rose up and condensed on the ceiling, it ran back down the walls rather than straight onto the bathers below

24
Q

The oil used was _______ oil, perfumed with ___________ such as roses

A

Olive oil

Flowers

25
Q

Sometimes he oil bottle was made of _________ or _________. It had a very small ________. Why?

A

Glass or pottery

Mouth - it ensured all the oil didn’t pour out at once

26
Q

The oil bottle had a strap or handle which the bather fixed around his ________

A

Wrist

27
Q

The strigil was made of ________

A

Metal

28
Q

Why was the strigil designed with a blunt edge

A

To scrape the oil off the skin

29
Q

The floor of the caldarium was so hot that bathers had to wear what?

A

Wooden sandals to protect their feet

30
Q

The latrinae were not as _________ as we would like

A

Private

31
Q

Men and women had ___________ lavatories

A

Separate

32
Q

In the latrinae, people sat next to each other on a shaped __________ seat. What was underneath the seat?

A

Wooden

A constantly running stream of cold water to carry the waste away

33
Q

In front of where you sat in the latrinae was another smaller channel of fresh water, or a basin of water. Why?

A

To wash your hands

34
Q

In the latrinae, people wiped themselves with a ________ on a _______. This was reusable. For hygiene reasons, it was kept in a bucket of ________

A

Sponge on a stick

Vinegar

35
Q

Originally, baths were designed only for _______

A

Men