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POMPEII
arrangements, and were not in use at the time of the catastrophe.
The larger room adjoining (k) was a closet.
The anteroom of the men’s baths (IV), opens at one- end into
the dressing room or apodyterium (VI), as seen in Plate V. It
has a vaulted ceiling, richly decorated. A door at the left leads
Fig. 81. — Plan of the Stabian Baths.
into the frigidarium (V),
and another at the right
into a servants’ waiting
room (I), which is acces-
sible from the court.
This room was formerly
entered also from the
street, through a passage
(III), which was later
closed; on one side of
it is a bench of masonry
for the slaves in attend-
ance upon their masters.
Similar benches are
A. Main entrance.
B. Colonnade.
I-VIII. Men’s baths.
IV. Anteroom.
V. Frigidarium
VI. Apodyterium.
VII. Tepidarium.
VIII. Caldarium.
C. Palaestra.
F. Swimming tank.
IX. Furnace room.
1-6. Women’s baths.
1. 5. Entrances.
2. Apodyterium.
3. Tepidarium.
4. Caldarium.
found in the waiting
room at the other end
of the apodyterium (X).
The apodyterium also
was provided with
benches of the same sort,
as indicated on the plan ; they are shown in Plate V. Along the
walls at the sides, just under the edge of the vaulted ceiling, was
a row of small niches, the use of which corresponded with that
of the lockers in a modern gymnasium. These niches are about
51 feet above the floor, while those in the other dressing room
(2) are a little less than five feet; from this difference in height
it has been rightly inferred that the smaller and simpler division
of the baths was set aside for women. The floor is paved with
rectangular flags of gray marble, with blocks of basalt next to
the walls. While the walls were left simply white, with a red
base, the ceiling was elaborately decorated with stucco reliefs in
the style prevalent shortly before the destruction of the city;
there are vestiges of similar decoration in the tepidarium. In
POMPEII
arrangements, and were not in use at the time of the catastrophe.
The larger room adjoining (k) was a closet.
The anteroom of the men’s baths (IV), opens at one- end into
the dressing room or apodyterium (VI), as seen in Plate V. It
has a vaulted ceiling, richly decorated. A door at the left leads
Fig. 81. — Plan of the Stabian Baths.
into the frigidarium (V),
and another at the right
into a servants’ waiting
room (I), which is acces-
sible from the court.
This room was formerly
entered also from the
street, through a passage
(III), which was later
closed; on one side of
it is a bench of masonry
for the slaves in attend-
ance upon their masters.
Similar benches are
A. Main entrance.
B. Colonnade.
I-VIII. Men’s baths.
IV. Anteroom.
V. Frigidarium
VI. Apodyterium.
VII. Tepidarium.
VIII. Caldarium.
C. Palaestra.
F. Swimming tank.
IX. Furnace room.
1-6. Women’s baths.
1. 5. Entrances.
2. Apodyterium.
3. Tepidarium.
4. Caldarium.
found in the waiting
room at the other end
of the apodyterium (X).
The apodyterium also
was provided with
benches of the same sort,
as indicated on the plan ; they are shown in Plate V. Along the
walls at the sides, just under the edge of the vaulted ceiling, was
a row of small niches, the use of which corresponded with that
of the lockers in a modern gymnasium. These niches are about
51 feet above the floor, while those in the other dressing room
(2) are a little less than five feet; from this difference in height
it has been rightly inferred that the smaller and simpler division
of the baths was set aside for women. The floor is paved with
rectangular flags of gray marble, with blocks of basalt next to
the walls. While the walls were left simply white, with a red
base, the ceiling was elaborately decorated with stucco reliefs in
the style prevalent shortly before the destruction of the city;
there are vestiges of similar decoration in the tepidarium. In