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Pompeii: Forum Baths, Men's Calidarium



Pompeii: Forum Baths, Men's Calidarium  (photo: Athena Review)


The Men's Calidarium or warm room was heated by steam circulating through double walls and a hollow floor, with a furnace below feeding hypocaust vents between the walls. 

The rounded walls contain apse-like niches with benches, and painted stucco moulding above containing figures of running horses.


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