thermae

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Provincial towns such as Bath had their thermae, heated bathing complexes with splendid indoor pools and an attached palaestra for exercising in the revered Greek style.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2012

Equally remarkable was the Roman system for supplying their city, their thermae, and their 1350 street fountains with pure water.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

They did not possess the magnitude and ornament of the Roman thermae.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various

This amazing groupe is the work of three Rhodian sculptors, called Agesander, Polydore, and Athenodorus, and was found in the thermae of Titus Vespasian, still supposing it to be the true antique.

From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Moscioniopus reticulatum from the thermae of hadrian's villa at tivoli Photo.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio