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Were the baths really as enjoyable and important as many historians portray, and how do they compare to today's modern leisure activities? Going to the Thermae baths was a significant part of every day life. It is said that almost everything was done at these huge sculptured buildings ranging from the obvious cleansing of the body to such things as doing business. Of all the leisure activities, bathing was surely the most important for the greatest number of Romans, since it was part of the daily regimen for men of all classes, and many women as well. In today's world bathing is conducted as a very private activity completed in a specific room of the home, but bathing in Rome and surrounding cities was a communal activity, conducted for the most part in public facilities that in some ways resembled modern spas or health clubs although they were less expensive. The idea...

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