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		Fragments of the Baths' core were incorporated into the Renaissance Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli and form part of the Museo Nazionale Romano.
		The Baths were built of brick that was faced on the inside with marble and on the outside with white stucco imitating blocks of white marble, like the Baths of Caracalla.
		Diocletian is considered responsible for the forced labor of 10,000 Christians in the back-bending task of construction.
	web.tiscali.it /romaonlineguide/Pages/eng/rantica/sAHy4.htm (842 words)

	The Baths of Caracalla
		It is probable that the baths were actually commissioned during the reign of Septimus Severus and then inaugurated under his son Caracalla in AD 216.
		The baths are outside the main traffic of the city so they soon fell into disuse and in the late 6th and 7th centuries they were used as makeshift cemeteries for the pilgrims to Rome who fell ill and died.
		The ruins of the baths were still in a relatively intact condition until Pope Paul III Farnese decided to build a new palazzo.
	www.sionmc.com /Rome/caracallaw (290 words)

	Diocletian's Baths Rome
		The Bath of Diocleziano is one of the four seats of the National Roman Museum, the others being Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps and Crypta Balbi.
		Part of the perimeter of the bath is now occupied by the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels.
		Among the most important of these are the bronze statues of the so-called Hellenistic Prince of the second century B.C., the seated fighter of the first century B.C. and the famous Aphrodite of Sirene, a replica of the Hadrianic age from Prassitele.
	www.italytraveller.com /en/r/rome/c/diocletian-s-baths (318 words)

	Baths - LoveToKnow 1911
		Of baths of mineral substances, those of sand are the oldest and best known; the practice of arenation or of burying the body in the sand of the seashore, or in heated sand near some hot spring, is very ancient, as also that of applying heated sand to various parts of the body.
		That baths of milk or of whey might be not unpopular is not surprising, but baths of blood, in some cases even of human blood, have been used; and baths of horse dung were for many ages in high favour, and were even succeeded for a short time by baths of guano.
		Baths of from 119° to 126° have caused a rise of 2° to 42° in the temperature of the blood.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Baths (7702 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Diocletian (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Diocletian brought to an end the period known as the "Crisis of the Third Century" (235-284).
		Diocletian's experiences during his first nine years of running around the Empire putting out fires brought him to the conclusion that the Empire was simply too big for a single Emperor to rule—that it was not feasible to address barbarian invasions along the Rhine and Egyptian problems at the same time, for example.
		When in 305, Diocletian retired (and his western counterpart was convinced to do the same), the two Caesars became the senior emperors as designed, but when it came time to choose new Caesars, the military and Senate intervened and brought forward their own candidates.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Diocletian (1626 words)

	Baths of Diocletian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The church of San Bernardo alle Terme recycled an old circular tower at the southwestern corner of the perimeter wall of the baths, one of four towers defining its grounds.
		The Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani) in Rome were the grandest of the public baths, or thermae built by successive emperors.
		Diocletian's Baths, dedicated in 306, were the largest and most sumptuous of the imperial baths and remained in use until the aqueducts that fed them were cut by the Goths in 537.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baths_of_Diocletian (277 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire - Vol 1 - Chapter XIV Part I
		As soon as Diocletian and Maximian had resigned the purple, their station, according to the rules of the new constitution, was filled by the two Cæsars, Constantius and Galerius, who immediately assumed the title of Augustus.
		Diocletian, was sincerely desirous of withdrawing himself from the world; he considered Galerius, who had married his daughter, as the firmest support of his family and of the empire; and he consented, without reluctance, that his successor should assume the merit as well as the envy of the important nomination.
		The figure of Constantine was tall and majestic; he was dexterous in all his exercises, intrepid in war, affable in peace; in his whole conduct, the active spirit of youth was tempered by habitual prudence; and while his mind was engrossed by ambition, he appeared cold and insensible to the allurements of pleasure.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/roman/TheDeclineandFallofTheRomanEmpire-1/chap40.html (3492 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Diocletian (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Diocletian's reign Britain was restored (296) to the empire, the Persians were subjugated (298), and the Marcomanni were expelled from the empire.
		Diocletian was the first to divide the empire formally and to set up a genuine autocracy with no theoretical checks.
		Diocletian retired to his castle at Salona, from which he saw his system fail as his successors began to quarrel among themselves.
	encyclopedia.com /html/d/diocleti.asp (391 words)

	Diocletian Summary
		Diocletian had lived and fought for many years in the East, and he had observed that the secluded Oriental potentates were victimized by their subjects far less frequently than the more democratic Romans.
		Diocletian brought to an end the period popularly known to historians as the "Crisis of the Third Century" (235–284).
		Diocletian seemed at first to be following in the footsteps of his short-lived predecessors in the years between 284 and 298, as he fought a lengthy series of wars from one end of the Empire to the other, maintaining the extended boundaries of the frontiers and stamping out domestic uprisings.
	www.bookrags.com /Diocletian (3742 words)

	Baths of Diocletian - Roman life (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Along with the orators of the forums, the military campaigns of the borders and the amphitheater performances, the baths became a signature of roman life.
		The baths of Agrippa began a tradition of large-scale imperial hot baths, which were labeled 'thermae', from the Greek word for 'hot'.
		The baths were an important part of the projected image of roman masculinity.
	iovadineva.com /ontheweb/termae/content/coursethemes.htm (282 words)

	Xavier Sigalon - LoveToKnow 1911
		Both these works showed incontestable power; but the "Vision of St Jerome" (Louvre), which appeared at the salon of 1831, together with the "Crucifixion" (Issengeaux), was by far the most individual of all his achievements, and that year he received the cross of the Legion of Honour.
		On the exhibition, in the Baths of Diocletian at Rome, of Sigalon's gigantic task, in which he had been aided by his pupil Numa Boucoiran, the artist was visited in state by Gregory XVI.
		But Sigalon was not destined long to enjoy his tardy honours and the comparative ease procured by a small government pension; returning to Rome to copy some pendants in the Sistine, he died there of cholera on the 9th of August.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Xavier_Sigalon (276 words)

	National Museum of Rome
		The historic headquarters of the Museum is the Baths complex built by Diocletian between the last years of the third century A.D. (the dedicatory inscription dated 306 A.D. is conserved in a fragmentary state in the Museum).
		The Octagonal Hall stands at the southwest corner of the central complex of the Baths of Diocletian, in which it may have served as a passage area.
		The first, and IInd century A.D. copy of the original by Praxiteles, was found near the Baths of Trajan, by the Church of St. Peter in Chains, while the Aphrodite comes from Cyrene, in Libya, and represents a splendid copy from the middle of the IInd cent.
	www.roma2000.it /zmunaro.html (653 words)

	Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri's facade is the ancient tepidarium of the Baths of Diocletian.
		Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs) is a basilica church in Rome, built inside the tepidarium of the baths of Diocletian.
		The basilica is dedicated to the Christian martyrs who, allegedly, worked to build the baths.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli_e_dei_Martiri (502 words)

	Rome sights and attractions in Rome - Hotel Rome Net
		Fragments of the Baths' core were incorporated into the Renaissance Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli and are part of the Museo Nazionale Romano.
		Baths of Caracalla were built between 211 and 216 and were one of the most beautiful and luxurious public bath complexes in Rome.
		These baths were still in use in the VI century until the invasion of the Goths in 537 who destroyed their feeding aqueduct.
	www.hotelrome.net /rome-sights.php (3236 words)

	Baths of Diocletian, Rome
		Diocletian built these baths to serve the northern districts of the city, the southern districts having been catered for by the Baths of Caracalla.
		(For the functions of Roman baths, see Terme di Caracalla.) The Baths of Diocletian, measuring 356m/1,170ft by 316m/1,035ft, were even larger than those of Caracalla.
		The baths could no longer be used after the Acqua Marcia was cut in A.D. 536, and thereafter the buildings fell into decay.
	www.planetware.com /rome/baths-of-diocletian-i-la-rtd.htm (142 words)

	The History Behind the Baths
		The addition of a new bath complex was nothing new for the city of Rome, however each emperor tried to improve upon the design, grandeur, and popularity of the ones before him.
		The hypocaust system allowed the great amount of water in the baths to be heated to great temperatures, so hot that bathers had to wear special shoes to prevent their feet from getting blisters from the floor.
		The water for these baths complexes was diverted from the hills surrounding the city on a system of aqueducts and the creation of the vaulted ceiling allowed for the room for thousands of bathers to partake in the joys of the complex at a single time.
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	Roman Entertaiment (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The two most well preserved baths of ancient Rome are the baths of Diocletian and Caracalla.
		Diocletian's baths cover an enormous 32 acres, and now, the ruins include two Roman churches, St. Mary of the Angels and the Oratory of St. Bernard.
		Towards the center of the Roman baths, adjoining the dressing room, could be found the tepidarium, an exceedingly large, vaulted and mildly heated hall.
	library.thinkquest.org /CR0215635/shirley/baths.htm (296 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Diocletian (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Diocletian appointed him caesar for the eastern part of the empire in 293 (Constantius I was caesar of the West).
		The Romans established the colony of Salonae nearby in 78, and the emperor Diocletian lived at Split until his death in 313.
		Baths of Diocletian; still in process, a monumental interior renovation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Diocletian (783 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Baths of Diocletian
		The Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani) in Rome were the grandest of the public baths, or thermae built by successive emperors.
		Diocletian's Baths, dedicated in 306, were the largest and most sumptuous of the imperial baths and remained in use until the aqueducts that fed them were cut by the Goths in 537.
		Similar in size and plan to those of Caracalla, they are well preserved because various parts later were converted to ecclesiastical or other use.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Baths_of_Diocletian (152 words)

	Roman Baths (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In some baths, the floors would be so hot that the bathers would have to wear wooen sandals to stop their feet from being burnt.
		The Baths of Caracalla, or the Antoninian Baths, were begun by Septimius Severus in 206 and inaugurated in 217 by Caracalla.
		There were rooms for cold, hot, and warm baths, splendid ceilings, porticoes, pillared halls, and gymnasiums, where the rarest marbles, the most colossal columns, and the finest statures were admired by the people; even the baths were composed of basalt, granite, and alabaster.
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	Rome, Italy - tickets for the Diocletian Baths
		Diocletian sought to outdo his predecessor by commissioning the largest bathing establishment the world had ever seen.
		The whole affair was twice as big as the Baths of Caracalla and had the full array of bathing options.
		The baths were built of brick faced on the inside with marble and on the outside with white stucco (aping the blocks of white marble of the Baths of Caracalla.
	www.tickitaly.com /galleries/diocletian-baths.php (732 words)

	Ancient Roman Baths
		In some baths the floors would be so hot that the bathers would have to wear wooden sandels to stop their feet from being burnt.
		The Baths of Caracalla, or the Antoninian Baths, were begun by Septimius Severus in 206 and inaugurated in 217 by Caracalla.
		There were rooms for cold, hot and warm baths, splendid ceilings, porticoes, pillared halls, gymnasiums, where the rarest marbles, the most colossal columns, and the finest statues were admired by the people; even the baths were of basalt, granite, alabaster.
	lurasweb.fws1.com /romanbaths.html (708 words)

	Bath of Diocletian, monuments of Rome, art, Michelangelo, archaeology
		Bath of Diocletian and Church of S. Mary of the Angels
		The huge rectangular area occupied by the Baths, erected between 298 and 306 A.D., is of approximately 140,000sqm, excluding the tanks, discovered in Piazza dei Cinquecento, fed by the water of the aqueduct of the Aqua Marcia.
		The huge thermal complex housed a central building with calidarium, tepidarium and natatio (rooms for hot or warm baths and swimming pools filled with cold water, partly preserved) disposed along the short axis, and gymnasiums on both sides of the long axis, with a large court all around used as garden.
	www.activitaly.it /inglese/monument/termedioclez.htm (278 words)

	Ancient Roman Baths - Crystalinks
		In some baths the floors would be so hot that the bathers would have to wear wooden sandals to stop their feet from being burnt.
		The Baths of Caracalla, the second largest baths complex in ancient Rome, were built between 212 and 219 A.D. by the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known by his nickname Caracalla.
		The baths were fed by a branch of the Aqua Marcia aqueduct, which brought pure water to Rome from springs in the hills near Subiaco, over 90 km away.
	www.crystalinks.com /romebaths.html (906 words)

	Baths of Diocletian
		The baths' exterior was originally covered with carved stucco, which apprantely looked like marble.
		The massive complex' interior was lavishly adorned with marble of various colours, painted stucco and statues.
		Once in part home to a monastery, and still today used in part as a church, the '', then today the majority of Diocletian's Baths house part of the 'Museo Nazionale Romano'.
	www.roman-empire.net /tours/rome/baths-diocletian.html (62 words)

	Desgodetz
		Paris 1682, bath, Baths of Diocletian, 20018, Les edifices antiques de Rome
		Paris 1682, bath, Baths of Diocletian, 20027, Les edifices antiques de Rome
		Paris 1682, bath, Baths of Diocletian, 20036, Les edifices antiques de Rome
	rubens.anu.edu.au /htdocs/bytype/arch.sources/desgodetz (206 words)

	Rome Hotels - Repubblica - Termini
		Hotel Pavia, housed in a breezy villa situated directly behind the Baths of Diocletian, in the heart of Rome, lies in...
		The Ariston hotel is a refined and comfortable property, situated in the historic centre of Rome, close to the basilica...
		The magnificent Piazza della Repubblica, with the ancient Roman ruins of the Diocletian Baths and the Basilica degli...
	www.romaclick.it /english/hotel/repubblica-termini.php (380 words)

	Diocletian Baths in Rome by nyceRome.com
		Built in AD 298-306 under the Emperor Diocletian, the Baths occupied large grounds between Piazza dei Cinquecento and Piazza della Repubblica.
		The Baths, the biggest in Rome, could accommodate up to 3000 people at the same time.
		The Baths were abandoned in 538 when the aqueducts were destroyed by the Ostrogoths.
	www.nycerome.com /sights-of-rome/termini-station-area/diocletian-baths.html (69 words)

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