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Roman Public Health

Roman Public Health. By : Lexus Brown-Griffin and Brynne Davies- Hackenberg. The Building of the Roman Public Bath. The building of a bath required excellent engineering skills. It required a way of heating up water: used a furnace & the hypocaust system carried heat around the complex.

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Roman Public Health

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  1. Roman Public Health By : Lexus Brown-Griffin and Brynne Davies- Hackenberg

  2. The Building of the Roman Public Bath • The building of a bath required excellent engineering skills. • It required a way of heating up water: used a furnace & the hypocaust system carried heat around the complex. • Rome used 640 km of aqueducts. • Many baths contained mosaics &massive marble columns. Larger baths contained statues to the gods. • Unfortunately, not everyone liked them.

  3. The Elements Necessary for a Roman Public Bath • There were several key elements for the Roman Public Baths. • These elements include: • A warm “anteroom” • A hot bath • A cold bath • The guests had to be rubbed with oil • An exercise ground that included a pool • A room where sweat and dirt was scraped off of the guests after they exercised before and after the bath.

  4. Rooms Found in the Public Baths • The Rooms Required: • One for dressing & undressing(apodyterium) • Warm anteroom,much like a present day sona. (tepidarium) • Hot room for hot bath (caldarium), • Cold room for cold bath(frigidarium), • The room for rubbing & anointing with oil that finished the bath. Then the person would get his clothes back.

  5. Roman Baths and Its Importance to Roman • Roman Public Baths were an important part of Roman daily life. • The local baths were used for personal hygiene and also a place for people to meet up. • It was also useful for community and social functions.

  6. Roman Water Supply • The Romans at first turned to the Tiber River, local springs, & shallow wells for their drinking water. But these waters became polluted & not enough for the population. • During the time of Frontinus, nine aqueducts carried water from distant springs and streams of Rome. • The water in the aqueducts descended through concrete channels.

  7. The Roman Drainage System • The drainage system was called the Cloaca Maxima. • Rome’s sewers and drains, including the Cloaca Maxima, emptied directly into the Tiber River. • The Romans ignored many sanitary principles, as they often carried sewage, urban runoff, and drainage water together.

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