Resting bench, calderium (steam room) Italy picture - Terme del Foro or Central Baths. A small channel flows around the room. Cold water would have flowed through this, allowing the patrons in this room to cool down by splashing themselves with it.
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Terme del Foro or Central Baths. A small channel flows around the room. Cold water would have flowed through this, allowing the patrons in this room to cool down by splashing themselves with it.