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No, there was no need for them. The various pools in the baths were not so deep that an adult would drown and if an adult took a child with him/her, there were slaves or bath attendants to watch over them. If an adult became ill while soaking, he either had his personal slave to aid him or the bath attendants.
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How were the roman baths in bath discovered?
The Roman Baths in Bath were discovered when someone found a large leak in their basement and tried to find out what it was. They then found a small part of the roman baths in their basement! The houses were knocked down and the Roman Baths were restored and became a popular tourist attraction.
How would you describe a roman bath?
The name of the Roman baths was thermae. Only in the city of Rome, where there were many baths, there were distinctive names for baths: the Baths of Agrippa, the Baths of Nero, the Thermae Etrusci, the Baths of Titus, the Baths of Domitian, the Baths of Trajan, the Baths of Caracalla and the Baths of Diocletian. Thermae Etrusci is a term coined by historians. They were commissioned by Claudius Etruscus, a freedman at the court of the emperor Claudius who became the head of the imperial financial administration.
Why were the roman baths called public baths?
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.
How often does the Roman bath get cleaned?
It is not known. Roman baths were cleaned as needed. They were flushed by using the water supplied by the aqueducts.
What is the palaestra in roman baths?
The Palaestra was the exercise area, often a large open court.
