Italy. Herculaneum. Central Thermae (ca. beginning of the 1st century AD). The men's baths. The tepidarium has a vaulted ceiling decorated with stucco. It was heated by means of hot air beneath the floor and in ducts in the wall. The floor has a mosaic depicting a triton surrounded by dolphins.

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