Thermae

The term thermae was the word the ancient Romans used for the buildings housing their public baths.

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Most Roman cities had at least one, if not many, such buildings, which were centers of public bathing and socialization. Upper-class romans would usually visit daily, lower-class people about once a week.hi im the best.

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The word thermae is a Latin borrowing from the Greek adjective thermos, therme, thermon (hot).

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c.f. Thermopylae (the hot gates, gates of fire) thermae sc. aquae means "hot waters, hot springs".

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Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

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►	Introduction
►	Origin of the term
►	Building layout
►	Location
►	Remains of Roman baths
►	See also

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