Wednesday, December 30, 2020

The Importance of the Bath


Appearance and grooming were very important to the Romans, and especially the aristocracy. It was no coincidence that the bathhouse, a complex devoted to the comfort and cleanliness of citizens, required some of the most sophisticated engineering ever devised by the Romans.

- From Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy


[Photo by Markus Leo at Unsplash]

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