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

Behind the amphitheatre were the thermae of the same emperor Titus Vespasian.

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

The Thermae or Imperial Baths.—The term thermae is given to the immense bathing establishments which were built by the emperors to ingratiate themselves with the people.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

As a young man I spent a number of particularly dangerous Summer nights in the thermae of Caracalla—you know, of course, what boggy ground that is—and remained well.

From The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays by Björkman, Edwin

The plans of these thermae were measured by Palladio about 1560, at a time when they were in far better preservation and more extensive than they are to-day.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various