WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Romans bathed every day. They went to the public ____ every day.
A
bathhouse
B
bathroom
C
restroom
D
shower
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To most Romans, personal cleanliness was a matter of pride and bathing a daily ritual. The city now had 200 public baths of varying sizes and degrees of luxury – places to relax, socialise and wash off the day’s dirt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Access to Hygiene Facilities for the Poor Throughout the countryside, Romans, including women and enslaved people, would wash every day and would have a thorough bath on every feast day if not more often. In Rome itself, baths were taken daily.

Detailed explanation-3: -People didn’t just eat, bathe and get their teeth worked on, however. They also played. Dice and coins hint at gambling in the water, and bone and bronze needles show that ladies may have partaken in textile work while relaxing in the spa’s dressing rooms or common areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -In ancient Rome, thermae (from Greek thermos, “hot") and balneae (from Greek balaneion) were facilities for bathing. Thermae usually refers to the large imperial bath complexes, while balneae were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that existed in great numbers throughout Rome.

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