Ancient Rome for Kids: Roman Baths - Ducksters.
For Romans, bathing was not a private activity, and it wasn’t just about keeping clean. Public Roman bath houses (thermae) were more like today’s health spas, and they allowed the Romans to socialise, exercise and bathe. Most Roman men and women would visit the bath houses daily.A Typical Roman Bath The typical Roman bath could be quite large with a number of different rooms. Apodyterium - This room was the changing room where visitors would take off their clothing before entering the main area of the baths. Tepidarium - This room was a warm bath. It was often the main central hall in the bath where the bathers met and.Pupils could use plastic construction bricks to build a model of a Roman bath house, using information from the clip and supplementing it with images from books and webpages. The children should.
The hot Spring supplied water for the bath house. This has the sort of rooms that most Roman towns have. The only unusual room is the Great Bath: a huge hot swimming pool. We can only touch the bottom with our toes if we go under water! All the rooms are roofed and many have high ceilings. They have colourful painted walls and some have mosaic.Buy a Saver ticket to the Roman Baths, Fashion Museum and Victoria Art Gallery and visit three great museums during your stay in Bath. Book your Roman Baths tickets online in advance and receive a 10% discount! What a special place! Excellent displays, well displayed artefacts and good audioguide. A must see when in Bath.
Roman baths were based on three main bathing experiences. First, the bathers would relax in a warm room called the tepidarium. After that, they would enter the caldarium, which was a hot room designed to make them sweat out dirt. The final frigidarium bath was cold and big enough to swim in.
