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

In addition to many elaborate arrangements for the bathers, the thermae included lounging and reading rooms, libraries, gymnasia, and even museums and galleries of art.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

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 architecture has been inspired by such old Roman thermae as the Baths of Caracalla, the Baths of Titus and the like.

From Palaces and Courts of the Exposition by James, Juliet Helena Lumbard

Amongst the numerous buildings with which Caracalla adorned the city, the most famous are the thermae, and the triumphal arch of Septimius Severus in the forum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various