Public bathhouses are comparable to modern gymnasiums. In the early days of the Roman Republic (about 400 BC), wealthy families often had private bathrooms, mostly like small indoor swimming pools rather than modern bathrooms. * * * After the expansion of the Republic of China into a powerful empire, towns expanded one after another, people's lives became richer, and bathing prevailed in all walks of life. Public bathhouses are very popular. /kloc-Pliny, a historian of the 0 th century, could not figure out how many public bathhouses there were in Rome, but he estimated that there were hundreds. The most magnificent is the hot bathhouse, with hot air room, hot water bath, cold storage room and cold water bath. If a person takes a bath, he usually plays ball or does some other sports in a special recreation room first. Then take off your clothes and sweat all over in the hot air room, then purify your skin with oil, then take a hot bath, cool down and then jump into a cold bath to strengthen your physique.

Large hot springs in Rome and other cities are luxurious, such as palaces, marble columns, dome ceilings, exquisite parquet floors, fountains and statues. The bathhouse of Emperor Lacerra in Rome has a building area of 65,438+065,438+0 hectares, which can be used by more than 65,438+0,500 people at the same time. Dicles in the center of Rome is bigger than the emperor's hot bathhouse. Most hot bathhouses have facilities such as shops, bars and cafes, even libraries and theaters, as well as game rooms, hot air rooms and bathhouses.