Althouse: "A Roman bathhouse still in use after 2,000 years."

October 13, 2013

George M. Spencer said...: The third century AD Roman amphitheatre/coliseum in Djem, Tunisia, is not used today, of course, but it is amazing.

It held 35,000 people and looks in better shape than the one in Rome.; 10/13/13, 11:04 AM
Big Mike said...: The Romans built to last.; 10/13/13, 11:35 AM
eddie willers said...: The Romans built to last.

If they had discovered gunpowder, we'd all be speaking Latin.

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.; 10/13/13, 1:04 PM
Expat(ish) said...: I bathed in a (then) recently discovered Roman bath-house in Istanbul which was nearly that old, say 1700 years or so. It was not substantially different than the 1400 year old one I was in down by the Med.

I thought both experiences were amazing, even at 17.

(Do not insert bad Midnight Express jokes here)

-XC; 10/13/13, 1:20 PM
David said...: Interesting. Thanks.; 10/13/13, 2:44 PM
Craig Howard said...: Bathhouse had a different connotation in Roman times.; 10/13/13, 5:57 PM
Craig said...: Wife of Bath has a nice ring to it. Almost like some kind of public utility.; 10/13/13, 7:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Operas are staged every summer in the Roman amphitheater in Verona, Italy, which dates from 30 A.D.

I saw "Aida" there, and it was a real spectacle.; 10/14/13, 10:06 AM