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Baths of Caracalla
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Inaugurated in 217 and used until 546, when invading Goths destroyed the aqueducts. Up to 2,000 people at a time could use these luxurious thermae . In general, Roman baths included social centres, art galleries, libraries, brothels and palestrae (exercise areas). Bathing involved taking a sweat bath, a steam bath, a cool-down, then a cold plunge. The Farnese family’s ancient sculpture collection was found here, including Hercules , a signed Greek original. Today, ruins of individual rooms can be seen.
Gymnasia, Baths of Caracalla
Practical Information
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 52
Open 9am–2pm Mon, 9am–1 hr before sunset Tue–Sun Adm DA
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