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
Ruins of the thermae of Caracalla and of Titus are still standing.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
Within the town are remains of thermae on the north of the Via Appia and of a theatre opposite, on the south.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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
The thermae Dioclesianae might be termed an august academy for the use and instruction of the Roman people.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
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