. Scientific American Volume 77 Number 02 (July 1897) . HYPOCAUST. WOOD D0flRD5 ^ « ?r-^ -??. tJ^lr- Si t 1 2. FT SECTION TECULAE. ?-JOISTS ..IRON BAR r** SgmJ 1 :ifm^m^;&^ V fc 1:^^^^^ f. ~ ALBARIUM OR TECTOHIUM ?•-0PU5 SIONINIUM Fig, 1,-TH£ CONSTBUCTION OF A BOHAN BATH. Fig, OF A VAULT OF ROOM BELLOW. accommodation of each public bath and 50 as that ofthe private baths, he estimates that over 62,800 peoplecould have bathing accommodations at one time. Inaddition to this there was the Tiber and the streams in the of the bathswere magnificent,the appointmentsbe
. Scientific American Volume 77 Number 02 (July 1897) . HYPOCAUST. WOOD D0flRD5 ^ « ?r-^ -??. tJ^lr- Si t 1 2. FT SECTION TECULAE. ?-JOISTS ..IRON BAR r** SgmJ 1 :ifm^m^;&^ V fc 1:^^^^^ f. ~ ALBARIUM OR TECTOHIUM ?•-0PU5 SIONINIUM Fig, 1,-TH£ CONSTBUCTION OF A BOHAN BATH. Fig, OF A VAULT OF ROOM BELLOW. accommodation of each public bath and 50 as that ofthe private baths, he estimates that over 62,800 peoplecould have bathing accommodations at one time. Inaddition to this there was the Tiber and the streams in the of the bathswere magnificent,the appointmentsbeing most lux-urious. Theywere in a waygigantic clubs,stately and splen-did pleasurehouses, and fromearly in the morn-ing, when theywere opened, aconstant streamof people passedin until they wereclosed at the bathswere called pub-lic, a smallcharge was madefor admission. Itwas often onlyabout one cent,but as cheap asthis was, emperorsused frequently toingratiate them-selves at timeswith the populaceby making thebaths gra
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