western civ blog 45

Today on our online western civ class we had to post an image of an architectural landmark from ancient Rome, and describe it. I chose the Baths of Caracalla. The dress of the baths are Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Roma RM, Italy. The baths are made from Marble, pozzolana, lime, tuff, basalt. They were the city's second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, likely built between AD 212 and 216/217, during the reigns of emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla. Besides being used for bathing, the complex also offered facilities for taking walks, reading/studying, exercise and body care. The Baths of Caracalla were built to hold around 1,600 bathers at a time and could accommodate up to 8,000 people a day.