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The Roman baths were very different from what they are today. The Roman baths were public. They were also called Thermae. Most of the baths were huge buildings that were very expensive to get into. Many of the rich Romans took delight in them. They tried to keep the slaves and poor people out of the baths. Some of the popular baths were called, ‘Baths at Caracella', ‘Baths of Diocletian' and ‘Baths at Bath. There were also three types of buildings; caldarium was the hot water bath. The tepidarium was the lukewarm water bath. The frigidarium was the cold water bath. Men and woman would spit up into two different baths. Baths were very lavish. Romans would first have to pay a fee. Then he would go into changing room called the apodyterium. There in the apodyterium, would be hygiene material stuff.
After getting ready to go into the bath, they would first work out, fight each other. Then roman would work out in the palaestra, by working up a sweet. The Romans would cover......

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