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An account of the baths from a Roman point of view
A description of the roman baths
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The Romans had a set process for bathing. First the Romans would go to the dressing room where slaves would carry and guard the clothes. The Romans wore light clothes for swimming and exercising but wore thick soled sandals in the bath house to protect the feet from the heated floors. The Roman would the proceed to the exercise arena that had a range of ways to exercise from ball games to weight lifting. Then after the exercise the Roman would have the dirt and oil scrubbed off and the proper bathing began. The first room to be visited was the warm room with heated walls and floors. Then the hot room where there was a pool of hot water to swim in with a fountain with cold water to wash the face and neck. The roman could go back into the warm room before going to the cold room where you could have a refreshing dip in the large cold pool. Other rooms provided steam and a dry heat similar to a sauna or a massage with perfumed oils. After the baths, patrons could walk in the gardens or read in the library and watch a few shows preformed by jugglers of acrobats. Food was sold around the baths by numerous food vendors scattered around the bath houses. The Romans could also enjoy looking at the fantastic mosaics in the different rooms all over the baths some of which can still be seen today.
