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A Caldarium (also called a Calidarium, Cella Caldaria or Cella Coctilium) was a room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath complex.

This was a very hot and steamy room heated by a hypocaust
Hypocaust

A 'hypocaust' is an ancient Rome system of central heating. The word literally means "heat from below", from the Ancient Greek hypo meaning below or underneath, and kaiein, to burn or light a fire....
, an underfloor heating
Underfloor heating

Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling which utilizes heat conduction and radiant heat or cold for indoor HVAC, rather than forced air heating which relies on convection....
 system. This was the hottest room in the regular sequence of bathing rooms; after the caldarium, bathers would progress back through the tepidarium
Tepidarium

The tepidarium was the warm bathroom of the thermae heated by a hypocaust or underfloor heating system.The specialty of a tepidarium is the pleasant feeling of constant radiant heat which directly affects the human body from the walls and floor....
 to the frigidarium
Frigidarium

A frigidarium is a large cold pool to drop into after enjoying a hot Thermae. The Caldarium and the Tepidarium opened the pores of the skin. The cold water would close the pores....
.

In the caldarium there would be a bath (alveus, piscina calida or solium) of hot water sunk into the floor and there was sometimes even a laconicum - a hot, dry area for inducing sweating.

The bath's patrons would use olive oil
Olive oil

Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. The wild olive tree originated in Anatolia and spread from there as far as southern Africa, Australia, Japan and China....
 to cleanse themselves by applying it to their bodies and using a strigil
Strigil

A strigil was a small, curved, metal tool used in ancient Greece and Ancient Rome to scrape dirt and sweat from the body before effective soaps became available....
 to remove the excess.

In modern gym
GYM

GYM is a sound format for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis.The name stands for Genesis YM2612, since the file contains the data sent to the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip in the console....
s and spas
Destination spa

A destination spa is a short term lodging facility with the primary purpose of providing individual services for spa-goers to develop healthy habits....
 a caldarium is a room with a hot floor.








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Caldarium
A Caldarium (also called a Calidarium, Cella Caldaria or Cella Coctilium) was a room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath complex.

This was a very hot and steamy room heated by a hypocaust
Hypocaust

A 'hypocaust' is an ancient Rome system of central heating. The word literally means "heat from below", from the Ancient Greek hypo meaning below or underneath, and kaiein, to burn or light a fire....
, an underfloor heating
Underfloor heating

Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling which utilizes heat conduction and radiant heat or cold for indoor HVAC, rather than forced air heating which relies on convection....
 system. This was the hottest room in the regular sequence of bathing rooms; after the caldarium, bathers would progress back through the tepidarium
Tepidarium

The tepidarium was the warm bathroom of the thermae heated by a hypocaust or underfloor heating system.The specialty of a tepidarium is the pleasant feeling of constant radiant heat which directly affects the human body from the walls and floor....
 to the frigidarium
Frigidarium

A frigidarium is a large cold pool to drop into after enjoying a hot Thermae. The Caldarium and the Tepidarium opened the pores of the skin. The cold water would close the pores....
.

In the caldarium there would be a bath (alveus, piscina calida or solium) of hot water sunk into the floor and there was sometimes even a laconicum - a hot, dry area for inducing sweating.

The bath's patrons would use olive oil
Olive oil

Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. The wild olive tree originated in Anatolia and spread from there as far as southern Africa, Australia, Japan and China....
 to cleanse themselves by applying it to their bodies and using a strigil
Strigil

A strigil was a small, curved, metal tool used in ancient Greece and Ancient Rome to scrape dirt and sweat from the body before effective soaps became available....
 to remove the excess.

In modern gym
GYM

GYM is a sound format for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis.The name stands for Genesis YM2612, since the file contains the data sent to the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip in the console....
s and spas
Destination spa

A destination spa is a short term lodging facility with the primary purpose of providing individual services for spa-goers to develop healthy habits....
 a caldarium is a room with a hot floor.

See also

  • Tepidarium
    Tepidarium

    The tepidarium was the warm bathroom of the thermae heated by a hypocaust or underfloor heating system.The specialty of a tepidarium is the pleasant feeling of constant radiant heat which directly affects the human body from the walls and floor....
  • Frigidarium
    Frigidarium

    A frigidarium is a large cold pool to drop into after enjoying a hot Thermae. The Caldarium and the Tepidarium opened the pores of the skin. The cold water would close the pores....


External links

  • at the Perseus Project
    Perseus Project

    The Perseus Project is a digital library project of Tufts University that assembles digital collections of humanities resources. It is hosted by the Department of Classics....