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Romans didn’t use soap. Instead, they scraped off the oil, sweat,
and dirt with a tool called a strigil. Then bathed in rooms at
different temperatures, heated by a hypocaust, a
marvel of Roman engineering. Hot air from a furnace
circulated under the floor and between the walls to heat rooms
up to a 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Pompeii’s Stabian baths were in
use for around 200 years before Vesuvius’s eruption froze
them in the state we see today. The team is digging to solve a mystery: how did a visit to the
baths change over time? We've been studying
the Stabian bath because we are interested in the development
of bathing culture in Pompeii
and dirt with a tool called a strigil. Then bathed in rooms at
different temperatures, heated by a hypocaust, a
marvel of Roman engineering. Hot air from a furnace
circulated under the floor and between the walls to heat rooms
up to a 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Pompeii’s Stabian baths were in
use for around 200 years before Vesuvius’s eruption froze
them in the state we see today. The team is digging to solve a mystery: how did a visit to the
baths change over time? We've been studying
the Stabian bath because we are interested in the development
of bathing culture in Pompeii
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Romans didn’t use soap.
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Instead, they scraped off the oil, sweat,
and dirt with a tool called a strigil.
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Then bathed in rooms at
different temperatures,
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heated by a hypocaust, a
marvel of Roman engineering.
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Hot air from a furnace
circulated under the floor and
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between the walls to heat rooms
up to a 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Pompeii’s Stabian baths were in
use for around 200 years before
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Vesuvius’s eruption froze
them in the state we see today.
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The team is digging to solve a mystery:
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how did a visit to the
baths change over time?
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We've been studying
the Stabian bath because we are
00:00:48.999 --> 00:00:51.032
interested in the development
of bathing culture in Pompeii.
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Movie Summary
An international team of archaeologists attempt to uncover the lost secrets of the Roman Empire.
