Apoduterion 2

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In Roman baths, this was the first unheated room in which people would undress, Plin. ep. V 6, 25. Cic. Qu. fr. III 1, 1. Aristid. 281, 3. Isid. orig. XV 2, 41; gloss. 488. <30> In Pompeii, benches have been built into the walls, and in the so-called Stabian baths there are also nooks to put clothes inside. The apodyterium wasn't always a room separated from the cella frigidaria; in the female Stabian baths and in the smaller baths, as well as in the central baths (cf. also Röm. Mitt. V 1890, 130f.) in Pompeii, both are so connected that the pool for cold baths has been attached to the apodyterium, <40> whereas in the male baths in the two facilities named above, the apodyterium would lead into the dome-shaped frigidarium on one side, and the tepidarium on the other. In the Roman baths, the apodyterium and the frigidarium are also combined into one room. On the other hand, in the Pliny's villa in Tuscany (ep. V 6, 25), you would go from the apodyterium into the cella frigidaria, and from there you would get into the media (tepidarium); <50> cf. Apothesis nr. 1. Apodyterium in inscriptions CIL VIII 828. 1295. XIV 2119. Overbeck Pompeji⁴ 198ff.

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This article is referenced by: Baths, Frigidarium