pingy. Ancient Italian jacuzzi?
Were their hand grips on the marble floors? Then maybe this was a Roman San Francisco style bath house.
Ever notice they never unearth ancient baths in France ?
(or modern ones for that matter).
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What a great find.
A view of the 2nd-century bath complex believed to be part of a vast, luxurious residence of a billionaire who gathered his fellow Romans to party and relax, recently discovered, in Rome,Thursday, July 19, 2007. The two-storey complex, which extends for at least 5 acres (2 hectares), includes exceptionally well-preserved decorated hot rooms, vaults, changing rooms with benches, as well as marble latrines and an underground room where slaves lit the fire to warm the baths. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Unclear if they opened this wealthy man’s baths to the great unwashed public? Unclear to whom?
Billionaires don’t mingle with the hoi polloi.