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1. C18 feature in gardens, often erected over a spring, and containing changing-rooms and fireplaces as well as a bath.
2. Building erected for the reception of bath-and dressing-rooms: public bathing establishments were known throughout Europe, also called bagnios.
3. Because of the association with dissipation, the term bagnio became synonymous with brothel. See also Thermae.
Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology:
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bath-house
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A feature of all Roman towns and cities as well as private houses throughout the empire. From the 1st century bc onwards, the tradition of bathing became a major social institution. See thermae.
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