Identifier: dictionaryofgree00smit_1 (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities..
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893
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Publisher: Boston
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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mae of Titus atRome. The annexed woodcut represents the groundplan of the baths of Pompeii, which are nearlysurrounded on three sides by houses and shops,thus forming what the Romans termed an insula. The whole building, which comprises a double E ofO rounding tne insula (the outer curb of which ismarked upon the plan by the thin line drawnround it), and after descending three steps, thebather finds upon his left hand a small chamber(1), which contained a convenience (latrina *), andproceeds into a covered portico (2), which ranround three sides of an open court—atrium (3),and these together formed the vestibule of thebaths — vestibulum balnearum (Cic. Pro Cael. 26),in which the servants belonging to the establish-ment, as well as the attendants of the bathers,waited. There are seats for their accommodation * Latrina was also used previously to the time1of Varro for the bathing-vessel, quasi lavatrina.(Varro, De Ling Lat. ix. 68. ed. Muller; compareLucill. ap. N~on. c. 3. n. 131.)
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BALNEAE. BALNEAE. 189 placed underneath the portico (a, a). This com-partment answers exactly to the first, which is de-scribed by Lucian c. 5). Within this court thekeeper of the baths (balneator) who exacted thequadrans paid by each visitor, was also stationed;and the box for holding the money was found init. The room (4), which runs back from theportico, might have been appropriated to him ; or,if not, it might have been an oecus or exedra, forthe convenience of the better classes whilst await-ing the return of their acquaintances from the in-terior, in which case it will correspond with thechambers mentioned by Lucian (7. c. 5), adjoiningto the servants waiting-place (ep apKTTepa 8e ru>vis rpvtyty irapeaKevaa/jievwu olKrijxdrwv). In thiscourt likewise, as being the most public place,advertisements for the theatre, or other announce-ments of general interest, were posted up, one ofwhich, announcing a gladiatorial show, still re-mains. (5) Is the corridor which conducts fromthe e

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