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The water was heated in a furnace type machine under the floor and then pumped all around the bath house through a series of lead pipes. The steam this water gave off was also used to heat the sauna and the stone floors.

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The Roman baths were heated the same way they heated their houses, by the hypocaust system. The heat from a furnace would rise from the pipes that were under the floors and heat the water or room above them.

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The ancient Romans had hot water by means of the hypocaust system of water being heated and piped to where it was used. This system was also used to heat the floors and give them central heating.

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How did ancient Rome heated baths?

The Roman baths were a cultural custom and their presence evolved over a period of time. It is not known when the baths were developed nor who "invented" them. When we read about the Roman baths, even the very early ones, they are already developed into the form (hot, warm, and cold rooms) with which we are familiar.


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 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.


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.


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.