For Rihla number eight I decided to research roman bathing and bathing rituals. There were ms yu terracing things tha I found out and here thet are: - for the Romans bathing was a communal thing while for others it is a private thing -Took baths in huge places called thermaes. The richer could afford their own bathing facilities in their house. -Held up to 3000 bathers. -Social and recreational activity - came from the Greeks - Apodyterium, frigidarium, tepidarium, caldarium. - ritual was undressing, bathing, sweating, getting a message, and finally resting. - depending on your social class the bathing spot would be much bigger or smaller. But usually there was not that much discrimination towards classes because it was seen as such a sacred thing. - the Romans saw bathing as fine art.
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