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 plans of these thermae were measured by Palladio about 1560, at a time when they were in far better preservation and more extensive than they are to-day.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" 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 Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

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

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

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