Capitulum Tertium:
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Fēlēs cūriōsa aquaeductūs explōrat. Aquaeductūs aquam portant. Aquaeductūs factī sunt* multīs arcibus. Aquaeductūs aquam ad fontēs et thermās portant.
factī sunt- are made of
Aquaeductus prope Circum Māximum
Fēlēs thermās intrat. In thermīs columnae et statuae sunt*. In thermīs pictūrae sunt in mūrīs et in pavīmentō. In thermīs est aqua. Aquaeductus aquam portat.
sunt- are
Multī hominēs nūdī sedent in aquā. Fēlēs cōnfūsa est.
Aqua est mala. Cūr hominēs sedent in aquā???
In thermīs hominēs amīcōs salūtant. Hominēs clāmant:
"Ut valēs*?"
"Āthlēticē!"
"Pancraticē*!"
"Et tū?"
"Basilicē!"
*how are you?
*like a gladiator
In thermīs servī labōrant.
In thermīs hominēs sē lavant*. In thermīs fēminae sē lavant sēparātim**.
*sē lavant- wash themselves
**sēparātim- separately
In thermīs āthlētae pūgnant et currunt. Āthlētae sunt nūdī. Āthlētae clāmant! Fēlēs exit!
How would you answer these questions?
What other cultures have public bathing either today or in the past?
Why do you think Roman rulers built baths and made them free to everyone?
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