Sometimes on top hot springs in the ground, or where water could be pumped from-there were furnaces that heated the water.
Thermae is Roman for Public Baths.
Roman cities had public baths, which were often inside a large stone building. It was also often crowded, as it were public.
Everyone in Roman Society. Large cities had public baths that was open to all.
No effect. After the fall of the Roman Empire the Roman baths fell into disuse and there were no baths in Europe for many centuries. Modern baths are based on modern plumbing. Modern public baths do not have a cold-plunge baths, a sauna, a gym and massage like the Roman baths.
they were made with steel
The Roman baths were called public baths because they were open to the general public and the cost of entry was very low or even at times completely free. This denoting of them as public baths also differentiated them from the private baths that were run for profit or the baths that were in private homes.
OK, Roman baths were big because most of them were public baths, meaning that if there was a public bath site somewhere everyone could just go and take a bath there and lots of people went so they had to be pretty big.
Large heated public baths were very important to the Romans. It is not known who started this tradition. It is most likely that the evolution of the Roman baths was a gradual process.
The Roman bathhouses were made of concrete with a facing in stone or bricks.
they can go to public baths, dined out, and attended the theater.
Citadels were fortifications for the defence of towns. It there were baths there A) it would have had to be a Roman citadel, B) it would have been just for the soldiers.
The aqueducts raised the Roman standard of living. Everyone had access to fresh clean water, which was a health benefit. Public baths were made possible for personal cleanliness and homes could have running water.