Sphaeristerium
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Sphaeristerium is a term in Classical architecture given to a large open space connected with the Roman thermae for exercise with balls after the bather had been anointed. They were also provided in R
Sferisterio delle Cascine at Florence, 19th century
Thermae
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In ancient Rome, thermae and balneae were facilities for bathing. Thermae usually refers to the large imperial bath complexes, while balneae were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that exis
Sphaeristerium
…Latin; from the Greek σφαιριστήριον; from σφαῖρα, ball) is a term in Classical architecture given to a large open space connected with the Roman thermae for exercise with balls after the bather had been anointed. They were also provided in Roman villas. In Italian sferisterio is nowadays the courtfield…
Roman public baths in Bath, England. The entire structure above the level of the pillar bases is a later reconstruction.
Bulla Regia, inside the thermal baths
Mosaic bath sign from Sabratha, Libya, showing bathing sandals, three strigils, and the phrase SALVOM LAVISSE, expressing a hope that the bathers enjoyed their bathing
Pompeian interior, The Thermae by Forum by Joseph Theodor Hansen (1848–1912)