On cooling the baths...

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On cooling the baths...

Author: * Topiltzin Tupac - 1 Post on this thread out of 2,497 Posts sitewide.
Date: Mar 21, 2008 - 20:11

- and welcome to AW, Dr. Fagan! - On baths, you already answered how the bath water was heated, but was the frigidarium cooled somehow (ie. with expensive and scarce ice from the Alps?), or was the water just normal temperature water from the aquaduct?

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