Athena Review Image Archive ™
	Pompeii: Stabian Baths, Tepidarium hypocaust Pompeii: Hypocaust in the Stabian Baths tepidarium (photo: Athena Review)
	The Stabian Baths contained a large subfloor heating system beneath the tepidarium. This image shows a gridwork of stacked tiles on a marble pavement, which supported the floor above. A furnace at right provided the heat which was conducted into the tepidarium by hypocaust vents in the walls.
	Athena Review Image Archive™              Main index of Athena Review Copyright  ©  1996-2019    Rust Family Foundation  (All Rights Reserved).

.