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 magnificence of the Romans was not so conspicuous in their temples, as in their theatres, amphitheatres, circusses, naumachia, aqueducts, triumphal arches, porticoes, basilicae, but especially their thermae, or bathing-places.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
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)
They did not possess the magnitude and ornament of the Roman thermae.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
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
