How did Roman Baths work?

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This video explores how Roman baths were built, supplied with water, heated, and cleaned.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Designing baths
2:34 Supplying water
5:11 Heating baths
8:33 Cleaning baths
10:40 A working bath

コメント (21)

@christophercohen418 1ヶ月前

I love that Steve from Woosh Plumbing is a sponsor again.
@davidwebber814 1ヶ月前

Best sponsor segway ever 😂😂😂
@OptimusMaximusNero 1ヶ月前

Curiously, Hadrian liked to go to public baths like a normal person. Imagine being an ordinary Roman who has just entered the hot springs to have a relaxing morning, only to pass in the hallway the most powerful man in the world naked and saying "Good morning, citizen." 😅
@wooshpipeanddrainco.2606 28日前

Another quality video. Grateful for the plug. Aside from lacking filtration, these baths were quite sophisticated. It must have been an amazing experience back then to be in a hot bath for the first time.
@QuantumHistorian 1ヶ月前

It's like the Romans took the mixed-purpose Greek gymnasia and asked "But what if we apply an overwhelming amount of engineering to it?"
@MartinCHorowitz 1ヶ月前

Now you need a set of episodes on Roman Glass.
@johnladuke6475 1ヶ月前

BEST video sponsor. Makes me want to go to Queens just so I can clog a toilet to support the channel.
@brick6347 1ヶ月前

Well, your description of the water's cleanliness does explain why you "forgot" your swimming trunks!
@Radhaugo108 1ヶ月前

Questions: 1) Was there man and female sections? 2) Did they have need for lifeguards? 3) Did they have any water sports?
@saradominnz 1ヶ月前

Woosh plumbing is a great sponsor
@Sabrowsky 28日前

Smoothest sponsor transition ever. Your money was well spent, Steve.
@borealis.in.georgia 1ヶ月前

Worlds most genius sponsorship lol
@rickb3078 1ヶ月前

Whoosh is back!
@dodiswatchbobobo 1ヶ月前

I don’t know, how DID Roman baths work? And now I know. Thanks!
@mathtonight1084 28日前

That was the best segway into an advertisement I've ever seen on youtube.
@OskarEricson 1ヶ月前

Augustus: "I'm glad that my new public baths are being a resounding success. Even my daughter Julia loves them, don't you think, Crispus?" Crispus: "Yes, Caesar. Especially those on the Aventine" 😉 Augustus: "But on the Aventine there are only baths for me...F*ck"
@crockstonyt 1ヶ月前

That was the strangest sponsor for a YouTube video I've ever seen
@WORLDCRUSHER9000 1ヶ月前

0:53 this is like the craziest thing i've ever seen
@Mattt5 1ヶ月前

watching from the bath 🛁
@JohnVance 1ヶ月前

I live nowhere near Steve but if I did I’d break something just to have him fix it 😂