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

The abundant water supply furnished by the aqueducts was connected with a system of great public baths, or thermae.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

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)

Suppressing a smile, Glaucus replied: 'Imagine all Pompeii converted into baths, and you will then form a notion of the size of the imperial thermae of Rome.

From Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

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

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