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
Within the town are remains of thermae on the north of the Via Appia and of a theatre opposite, on the south.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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 taken ordinarily in one of the public bathing establishments, or thermae, to be found in every Roman town.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
They did not possess the magnitude and ornament of the Roman thermae.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various