Decoquere corpus atque exinanire sudoribus inutile simul delicatumque credidimus.
We believed that cooking the body and squeezing out the sweat was both useless and lustful.
Creíamos que cocer el cuerpo y exprimirle los sudores era a la vez inútil y lujurioso.
Séneca censura el uso de los baños calientes en su época como muestra de lujo y decadencia.
Cicero promises Atticus to inquire and tell him “about the bussiness from Baiae”, that is, about Hircio, Pansa and Balbo, who were in Baiae. He will do so in the
Pliny the Elder indicates the importance of mineral and thermal springs were for humans, and how in some occassions, these springs caused the creation of some urbes because the value of these waters for health. In this case, he includes the examples of some of those cities: Puteolos (Puteoli, Italy), (AquaeEn general, término usado para designar las aguas con propiedades minerales y en ocasiones termal, designadas en latín normalmente como "aquae" (aguas) en plural como indica Varrón (Varro. Ling. IX,...) Statiellas (Acqui Terme, Italy) and (AquaeEn general, término usado para designar las aguas con propiedades minerales y en ocasiones termal, designadas en latín normalmente como "aquae" (aguas) en plural como indica Varrón (Varro. Ling. IX,...) Sextias (Aix-en-Provence, in France)
Tratamientos para los problemas de obesidad. Recomienda tratamientos en balnearios.
Tratamientos para los problemas de vejiga. Recomienda los balnearios y menciona a algunos concretos.
Inicio de la obra sobre las termas de Porretta en que resume su utilidad.
Cicero promises Atticus to inquire and tell him “about the bussiness from Baiae”, that is, about Hircio, Pansa and Balbo, who were in Baiae. He will do so in the
A research website about Archaeology of Ancient Roman Thermalism — and a meeting point for researchers and other people interested in this subject (Thermal Network).
