Caldarium

A Caldarium (also called a Calidarium, Cella Caldaria or Cella Coctilium) was a hot room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath Complex.

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This was a very hot and steamy room heated by the hypocaust which is a under floor heating system. This was the hottest room in the regular sequence of bathing rooms.

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In the caldarium there would be a bath (alveus, piscina calida or solium) of hot water sunk into the floor and there was sometimes even a laconicum - a hot, dry area for inducing sweating.

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The bath's patron would use olive oil to cleanse themselves by applying it all over their bodies and using a strigil to remove the excess.

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In modern gyms and spas caldarium?s consist of a room with a hot floor.

Related Topics:
Gym - Spa

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