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

Equally remarkable was the Roman system for supplying their city, their thermae, and their 1350 street fountains with pure water.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

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

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

It was here that Marius, the conqueror of the Teutones, fixed his headquarters, and embellished the place with temples, aqueducts, and thermae, of which, however, nothing now remains.

From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

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