The laconicum
An unusual feature of the Roman Baths is this special heated room
known as a laconicum. It was a small room of intense dry
heat, although it could have been turned into a steam room by
splashing water about. Either way you would have quickly
broken out in a profuse sweat if you stayed here for more than a
minute or two. You would then be ready to receive treatment
with oil and a strigil to make you invigoratingly clean!
Artist's impression of bathers in the heated
laconicum