Rome over time All the News Romans Need to Know June 9th 9 BC Rome SHOULD YOU TAKE A BATH? Baths in Rome good or bad? By Roma Anty Hi my name is Roma Anty and I baths are the apodyteria, the dressing am a reporter on new technology and rooms for both men and women. The whether should the public use it. I am tepidarium is a room with no baths its here to give you facts and you decide if more for relaxation, so unwind. The you should take a bath or not. Let’s last is the itopentopalaestrs the start with a little history; the first exercise room. Guys, that is where you large baths were built by Agrippa in can buff up for the ladies. A friend 25. Most all baths are public and free. from a place far away says they use The majority of normal bathing places soap to wash….. I don’t, and I don’t carried 170 small baths. It is still think you do either, know what that growing it is up to 850 and it’s only is!! If you have never bathed this is the 4th century. Caracalla’s bath water how to first, put oil on sweating skin. comes from extension Aqua Morcia. Do it fast; it is really smelly in there. How fancy!! There are special made Then scrape off residue with a strigil water aqueducts for some of the baths or scraper. Then hop in a hot bath to are stored in big cities. You could be wash off. After that, take a dive into living over one right now. If you don’t the cool pool. want to bathe with your neighbors, If you are thinking “well I want you could ask to go outside too...” you can! for a private A lot of baths have outside bath. There is a pools! They also have small fee for it gardens. So pretty! Some though. good Baths to go to are: If you go Baths of Traian, Caracalla, into a bath, and Diocletion. All the there are some Baths of Caracalla can hold terms you 1660 people can be in at a would want to time! In Baths of Diocletian know. Calioariae is the hot room. there are twice as much baths then other places. So I gave you the fact. Do One of the many baths in Rome Photo credit to: you want to take a bath or not? http://good-wallpapers.com/misc/17976 Sources: Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome by Nick Constable Fridarium is the cold room and 1) What is the warm room called? tapidarium is the warm room. The 2) About how many baths can a calioariae can get to 100 degrees F. so place hold? be careful!! Other rooms without Report by: Samantha Jessop .