| Architecture and Landscaping: bath-house |
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.
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| Archaeology Dictionary: bath-house |
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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