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Anemurium, Bath III 2 B

Author(s) : Pianalto Ana (10/3/2001)
Translation : Velentzas Georgios

For citation: Pianalto Ana, "Anemurium, Bath III 2 B",
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Ανεμούριον, Λουτρό ΙΙΙ 2 Β (10/3/2008 v.1) Anemurium, Bath III 2 B (2/4/2008 v.1) 

GLOSSARY
 

apodyterion, -a
An undressing room, next to the entrance in a bathhouse, or a gymnasium, or a palaestra.

apse
An arched srtucture or a semi-circular end of a wall. In byzantine architecture it means the semicircular, usually barrel-vaulted, niche at the east end of a basilica. The side aisles of a basilica may also end in an apse, but it is always in the central apse where the altar is placed. It was separated from the main church by a barrier, the templon, or the iconostasis. Its ground plan on the external side could be semicircular, rectangular or polygonal.

barrel-vault
vaulted, semi-cylindrical construction used often as roof.

caldarium
Derivative of the Latin verb caleo (= warm up). It is the strongly heated room of Roman baths. Its hot plunge pool was used to take not only a hot bath but also a steam bath due to high levels of humidity. It was also called the "inner room".

exedra, the
1. Large semicircular niche-like structure with stone seats ranged around the walls, often outdoors or with a hemidome over. An exedra may also be expressed by a curved break in a colonnade, perhaps with a semi-circular seat.2. The rectangular hall of the palaestra, open to the courtyard with columns at the front. The exedrae in gymnasium and palaestra could have served many functions. Usually a hall of such type was the Ephebeum.

frigidarium
A large cold pool to drop into after enjoying a hot Roman bath (from frigeo). Normally frigidarium has used after a visit to warm rooms (caldarium) or after a training in palaistra. As the largest room in the thermae and often functioned as a hall for social events or communication

niche
Semi-circular recess on the surface of the wall.

palaestra
A colonnaded enclosure for athletic exercise. The palaestra functioned both independently and as a part of the Greek gymnasium. It was formed as an open court surrounded by colonnades with adjoining rooms.

pillar
Pier of square or rectangular cross-section.

ring-type baths
Architectural type of bath complexes, in which the arrangement from the frigidarium (cold chamber) to the other halls imposes a circulation ring in one direction only.

stylobate
The top step of the crepidoma (the stepped foundation of an ancient Greek building) from which the columns rise.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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