Editing Ancient Roman architecture (section)

=== Thermae ===
{{Main|Thermae}}
{{further|List of Roman public baths}}
[[File:Roman_Baths_in_Bath_Spa,_England_-_July_2006.jpg|thumb|The [[Roman Baths (Bath)|Roman Baths]] that lend the city of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England its name]]
All Roman cities had at least one ''[[thermae]]'', a popular facility for public bathing, exercising and socializing. Exercise might include wrestling and weightlifting, as well as swimming. Bathing was an important part of the Roman day, where some hours might be spent, at a very low cost subsidized by the government. Wealthier Romans were often accompanied by one or more slaves, who performed any required tasks such as fetching refreshment, guarding valuables, providing towels, and at the end of the session, applying olive oil to their masters' bodies, which was then scraped off with a [[strigil]], a scraper made of wood or bone.

Roman bath-houses were also provided for private [[Roman villa|villas]], [[domus|town houses]] and [[castra|forts]]. They were normally supplied with water from an adjacent river or stream, or by [[Roman aqueduct|aqueduct]]. The design of ''thermae'' is discussed by [[Vitruvius]] in ''[[De architectura]]''.