The senses tell the massage room

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The senses tell the frigidarium

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A small room represents one of the activities of the thermal bath route

The square-shaped room, located between the [approfondimenti id="33850" testo_link="frigidarium"] and the [approfondimenti id="33853" testo_link="tepidarium"], is decorated with a mosaic enlivened by the presence of five figures, arranged on two different levels. In the upper one, a man with a part...
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High-ranking characters depicted in the mosaics of the apsidal niches of the frigidarium

The subjects that emerge in the first phase mosaics are more legible in the north-eastern apse. A young man, seated on a chair on which a fringed [approfondimenti id="33651" testo_link="pardalis"] rests, is wrapped in a soft towel, used after bathing in the pool. Behind him, a servant approaches wh...
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A dialogue between mythological and realistic scenes

The thermal bath areas that can be accessed from the passage area of the biapsidal hall start from the frigidarium, a space dedicated to cold baths, with an octagonal plan around which is arranged a [approfondimenti id="33474" testo_link="Corinthian order"] colonnade that would have supported the [a...
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