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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No sauna for the romans (only cold and hot baths, I guess)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

Most Roman thermae featured a caldarium, which was like a hot steam sauna and the really fancy ones even had a laconicum which was kinda like a hot, dry sauna.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

True, they never finnished their conquest to the north