Roman Baths 5.0 / 5 based on 1 ratingTeacher recommended ? LatinRoman domestic life and communityGCSEOCR Created by: Lotto65Created on: 30-05-16 15:16 What room did Romans not have at their homes? A bathroom 1 of 26 Give two reasons why people would visit the baths To clean and to exercise 2 of 26 What did people have to do in order to be let into the baths? Pay a small admission fee 3 of 26 What was a palaestra? An exercise area 4 of 26 What activities could you do in the palaestra? Throw a large ball around, discus throwing, fencing with wooden swords, Wrestling 5 of 26 What was the apodyterium? Changing room 6 of 26 Where were people's clothes placed? In recesses in the walls 7 of 26 What was the tepidarium? Warm room 8 of 26 What was the caldarium? Hot room 9 of 26 What was the bath made of in the caldarium? Marble 10 of 26 What shape was the caldarium? Large and rectangular that was the width of the room 11 of 26 What did they use because soap didn't exist? Olive oil 12 of 26 What was a strigil? A blunt metal scraper that scraped off the olive oil and dirt 13 of 26 What was at the other end of the caldarium? A large stone basin filled with cold water 14 of 26 What was the frigidarium? The cold room 15 of 26 What was the name of the heating system in the baths? Hypocaust 16 of 26 Where else was this heating system used? In private houses 17 of 26 Where was the furnace in this system? Under the floor next to the caldarium 18 of 26 How was the floor supported? Why? Small piles of tiles so hot air from the furnace could circulate 19 of 26 What are flues? Channels built into the walls 20 of 26 What was used as their fuel? Wood 21 of 26 What was the sequence of areas in the baths? 1) Palaestra 2) Apodyterium 3) Tepidarium 4) Caldarium 5) Frigidarium (optional) 22 of 26 Name some baths that are still here today that can be used as source evidence Stabian baths in Pompeii 23 of 26 What were the pipes to transport water made of? Lead 24 of 26 What source provides evidence there were many rooms? Ruins in Herculaneum 25 of 26 Why were the baths the last places to be shut off from the water supply? The baths was the city's income 26 of 26
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