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

Gazing at the savage figure before him, the long trains of courtiers whom he had been used to see in the thermae and imperial corridors at Rome arose before him, forcing a comparison.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

It was here that Marius, the conqueror of the Teutones, fixed his headquarters, and embellished the place with temples, aqueducts, and thermae, of which, however, nothing now remains.

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

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

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

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