Everyday Life In Pompeii

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Everyday Life in Pompeii Baths: The thermal bath buildings were divided into two sections: one reserved for women and one reserved for men. Each of these contained a series of rooms with different functions. * changing room * cold bath room * warm steam bath room * hot bath room There were four public baths in Pompeii. * Stabain * Forum * Central * Amphitheatre * The thermal baths included latrines and, in the most developed type, a pool and gymnasium. They were often furnished with open spaces and gardens. The system of heating the rooms - which was fairly ingenious -worked by running heated water through the cavities in the wall. The Thermae were not only buildings used for a function of public utility, but also played a very important social role in that they provided an important place for people to meet. * Stabain and the forum baths were made for only the women. Stabian and Thermal baths * The oldest part seems to date from the 4th century BC * These occupy a vast area between the Brothel lanes. * They represent the oldest thermal complex in the city. * The Stabian Baths are composed of three parts: the rooms in the north section, those mentioned above as being the oldest. * The second section consists of a group of private baths situated behind the northern colonnade. * The third section is located in the eastern part: it is made up of changing rooms, a vestibule - with magnificent plaster decoration - rooms for the cold bath, for the warm bath and for the hot bath. * The Thermal Baths are divided between the area set aside for men and the area set aside for women. * Both are organized in the same way, but the female section is simpler and less decorated. Central Thermal Baths * It was built on more modern and functional lines than the Stabian Baths * Given the
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