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

১৩ অক্টোবর, ২০১৩

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

In Algeria.

৮টি মন্তব্য:

George M. Spencer বলেছেন...: 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.; ১৩/১০/১৩, ১১:০৪ AM
Big Mike বলেছেন...: The Romans built to last.; ১৩/১০/১৩, ১১:৩৫ AM
eddie willers বলেছেন...: The Romans built to last.

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

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.; ১৩/১০/১৩, ১:০৪ PM
Expat(ish) বলেছেন...: 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; ১৩/১০/১৩, ১:২০ PM
David বলেছেন...: Interesting. Thanks.; ১৩/১০/১৩, ২:৪৪ PM
Craig Howard বলেছেন...: Bathhouse had a different connotation in Roman times.; ১৩/১০/১৩, ৫:৫৭ PM
Craig বলেছেন...: Wife of Bath has a nice ring to it. Almost like some kind of public utility.; ১৩/১০/১৩, ৭:১২ PM
নামহীন বলেছেন...: 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.; ১৪/১০/১৩, ১০:০৬ AM