Florence4US Blog » tourist sites of rome http://florence4us.com/blog Florence Wallpapers 4 US Travellers Tue, 18 May 2010 10:51:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Baths of Diocletian http://florence4us.com/blog/the-baths-of-diocletian/ http://florence4us.com/blog/the-baths-of-diocletian/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:51:12 +0000 sfarinel http://florence4us.com/blog/?p=114 The Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani) in Rome were the grandest of the public baths, or thermae built by successive emperors. Diocletian’s Baths, dedicated in 306, were the largest and most sumptuous of the imperial baths and remained in use until the aqueducts that fed them were cut by the Goths in 537. Similar in size and plan to those of Caracalla and oriented to the southwest so that solar energy heated the caldarium without affecting the frigidarium, they are well preserved because various parts later were converted to ecclesiastical or other use.

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