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
In the plain below are large thermae, and ruins of a splendid aqueduct.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Suppressing a smile, Glaucus replied: 'Imagine all Pompeii converted into baths, and you will then form a notion of the size of the imperial thermae of Rome.
From Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
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 T. (Tobias) Smollett
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 T. (Tobias) Smollett
