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What were the Roman Bathhouses used for?

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Samnathan

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All Roman bathhouses were used to get clean. However there were many sizes of baths ranging from the small privately owned businesses to the elaborate imperial baths. The smaller baths generally only provided the basic bathing facilities with maybe a massage or a barber shop while the larger establishments were, in addition to bathing facilities, social centers. These larger baths were able to provide hairdressers, barbers, depiliators, snacks, exercise facilities, and libraries. They were meeting places where the people would go to catch up on the latest news/gossip. They were also the political "planning grounds".

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