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 T. (Tobias) Smollett
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
Equally remarkable was the Roman system for supplying their city, their thermae, and their 1350 street fountains with pure water.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
They did not possess the magnitude and ornament of the Roman thermae.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
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