The Baths - Origin Flashcards

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Why have baths?

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Cheap- in the interests of the state to subsidise because they helped ward off disease (most ppl didn’t have bathing facilities at home)

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How often?

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Fundamental part of daily life

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How many bath houses?

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4th century CE - hundreds

867 in Rome

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3rd century BCE

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Wealthiest Romans built private bathing suites for themselves

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2nd century BCE

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First public baths in Rome (balnea)

Privately owned and run, entrance fee was reasonable

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thermae

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Grand and lavish public baths built in imperial times

11/867 where thermae

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First thermae

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Built on Campus Martius

Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa

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Most lavish thermae

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Caracalla (‘pleted 216CE)
13 hectares
1,600 bathers
Huge library

Diocletian (‘pleted 305CE)

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