caldarium
Sign in to saveAlso known as calidarium, cella caldaria, cella coctilium
right|thumb|230px|Caldarium from the Roman baths at Bath, Somerset|Bath, England. The floor has been removed to reveal the empty space where the hot air flowed through to heat the floor.
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right|thumb|230px|Caldarium from the Roman baths at Bath, Somerset|Bath, England. The floor has been removed to reveal the empty space where the hot air flowed through to heat the floor.
A (also called a calidarium, cella caldaria or cella coctilium) was a room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath complex. The boiler supplying hot water to a baths complex was also called .
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