The Baths - Origin Flashcards
1
Q
Why have baths?
A
Cheap- in the interests of the state to subsidise because they helped ward off disease (most ppl didn’t have bathing facilities at home)
2
Q
How often?
A
Fundamental part of daily life
3
Q
How many bath houses?
A
4th century CE - hundreds
867 in Rome
4
Q
3rd century BCE
A
Wealthiest Romans built private bathing suites for themselves
5
Q
2nd century BCE
A
First public baths in Rome (balnea)
Privately owned and run, entrance fee was reasonable
6
Q
thermae
A
Grand and lavish public baths built in imperial times
11/867 where thermae
7
Q
First thermae
A
Built on Campus Martius
Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa
8
Q
Most lavish thermae
A
Caracalla (‘pleted 216CE)
13 hectares
1,600 bathers
Huge library
Diocletian (‘pleted 305CE)
