Wall relief Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane) Archaelogical park, Pompeii, Campania Region, Southern Italy

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The Stabian Baths are located off the intersection of two main streets in Pompeii: the Via dell'Abbondanza to the south and the Via Stabiana[3][4] to the east (the latter gives them their modern name), taking up the whole insula.[5][6] On the west side, the baths are bordered by the Vicolo del Lupanare, and to the north by the house of P. Vedius Siricus.[7] As was typical of ancient Roman bathhouses, the facilities were divided by sex. The main entrance was from the Via dell'Abbondanza, through a vestibule (1) into the palaestra (2), a large open-air exercise ground. A row of shops fronted the street. On the right-hand side of the palaestra was a colonnade which screened the entrance to the men's bathing chambers: the apodyterium (changing room) (25), followed by the frigidarium (cold room) (22), tepidarium (warm room) (23), and caldarium (hot room) (21). These chambers were rectangular, barrel-vaulted, and parallel to one another. The arrangement is known as the 'single-axis row type', the most common model for baths adopted all over the Roman world.[8]

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Size: 5811px × 4160px
Location: Pompeii, Naples, Campania, Italy
Photo credit: © scotia26 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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