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Pompeii: Forum Baths, Men's Calidarium
Pompeii: Forum Baths, Men's Calidarium (photo: Athena Review)
The Men's Calidarium or hot bathing area was heated by steam circulating through double walls and a hollow floor, with a furnace below feeding hypocaust vents between the walls.
This image shows the vaulted apse of the men's calidarium, with a marble basin (labrum) used for cold plunge baths in the center, beneath skylights.
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