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The ancient Romans might hit the baths
first, and then wander down to the Forum, although many did prefer to
get their shopping done early.
In all but the largest baths, there
were separate hours for men and women. The women's time slot was
apparently much shorter, so that women probably had to be more careful
scheduling. Large baths had duplicate facilities.
The Public
Baths were
extremely popular. Roman women and men tried to visit the baths at
least once every day.
The baths had hot and cold pools,
towels, slaves to wait on you, steam rooms, saunas, exercise rooms,
and hair cutting salons. They had reading rooms and libraries, as
among the freeborn, who had the right to frequent baths, the majority
could read.
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