08-01-2004, 02:29 PM
there was programme on the TV here in UK a couple of months back showing a carthagian town where just about every house [if not all] had its own bath area. apparently the town wasnt outstandingly weathy.<br>
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given that the Roman generally used public [or military] bath houses- is it a question of the social aspect of 'bathing' which is 'Roman' rather necessarily a link to wealth or cleaniness? <p><img src="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.martin/forum/mark.gif
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given that the Roman generally used public [or military] bath houses- is it a question of the social aspect of 'bathing' which is 'Roman' rather necessarily a link to wealth or cleaniness? <p><img src="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.martin/forum/mark.gif
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