Were all the rooms in the baths hot?

Image: 'Belator' - a Roman cartoon character

 

 

Image: Cartoon of Roman boy sitting in hot pool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Tepidarium (that’s a Warm Room): Here there is warm water in the pools and so adults sit in them and relax. You might rub yourself with olive oil in this room."

 

Image: Cartoon of Roman boy sweating a lot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Laconicum (another Hot Room): This is a small round room where you can sit and sweat even more!"

 

Image: Cartoon of three Roman boys talking at the baths

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Natatio 
(a Swimming Pool). This is a long pool where you can swim or splash about with your friends. The water is warm here and comes from the Spring."

 

Cartoon of Roman boy being scraped by a strigil

Image: 'Apulia' - a Roman cartoon character

Apulia: "When we go to the baths we go through the........"

 

Image: Cartoon of Roman boy giving his clothes to a slave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Apodyterium (that’s a Changing Room): Where we take off our clothes and leave them in cupboards. Here you can pick up a towel."

 

Image: Cartoon of Roman boy sweating a little

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Caldarium (that’s a Hot Room): This is very hot!  It's heated by the hypocaust (that’s underfloor heating) and the floor is so hot you have to wear wooden shoes or jump about a lot! This is where you sweat lots."

 

Image: 'The owl' - a Roman cartoon character

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Romans didn’t use soap: they rubbed olive oil onto their skin, when they had sweated lots they scraped off the oil and dirt with a special shaped tool that they called a 'strigil'."