There were 170 baths in Rome during the reign of Augustus and by 300 AD that number had increased to over 900. ... The hot room, called the Caldarium, was a very hot and steamy room consisting of a bath of hot water sunk into the floor, where patrons would rub perfumed oil all over themselves to cleanse their body and then scrape the excess off with a knife called a strigil. ... Rooms that needed more heat were placed closer to the furnace, whose temperature could be increased by adding more wood. ... The water was provided from an adjacent river or stream, or more commonly, by an aqueduct. Aq...

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