The Baths of Caracalla

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Rome and It's Monuments
The Baths of Caracalla
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Bathing became a popular event in Rome around the 2nd century BCE; before this it was done every nine days and purely for hygienic reasons. Bathing regularly and bathing for pleasure was adopted from the Greeks and became widely accepted by all classes. The universal acceptance of bathing as a central event in daily life belongs to the Roman world and it is hardly an exaggeration to say that at the height if the empire, the baths embodied the ideal Roman way of urban life. The Bath hou…