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Caracalla’s Baths, the Romans and their body care.

Posted on 21 April 2010

Caracalla’s Baths (Terme di Caracalla) are a huge thermal complex giving you the idea of how the Romans loved to take care of their bodies. Nowadays these baths are an important archaeological site not to be missed. Caracalla’s Baths were realized between 212 and 217 d.c. from the roman Emperor Caracalla and rise in a wide area entirely dedicated to this thermal complex.
They were realized following the classical roman scheme dedicate to this kind of complexes with a big main building surrounded by a splendid green garden with functional service areas and classical exedras.
Inside the building there were the classical thermal areas, Frigidariu,. Tepidaria and Calidarium; these are the Romans’ cold and hot pools where they used to spend some time during their visit to the Baths. The therman complex had also gyms and an open-air stadium to get the body fit and other rooms to get changed.
All the areas where furnished and built following the roman taste, there were many marbles and precious metals, many fountains and water games, many precious scupltures which are nowadays conserved at the Collezione Farnese in the National Museum in Naples.
The Baths were always open hosting up to 1600 people a day thanks to the masterful system of aqueducts which the Romans were masters for a long time and only the invasion and subsequent destruction of the Goths undermined the operation.
Todays the Caracalla’s Baths, located near to Circo Massimo, are a vast and important archaeological site to be visited to fully understand how these complexes were important during the Ancient Rome’s age.