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 addition to many elaborate arrangements for the bathers, the thermae included lounging and reading rooms, libraries, gymnasia, and even museums and galleries of art.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

Moscioniopus reticulatum from the thermae of hadrian's villa at tivoli Photo.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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

The architecture has been inspired by such old Roman thermae as the Baths of Caracalla, the Baths of Titus and the like.

From Palaces and Courts of the Exposition by James, Juliet Helena Lumbard