{"id":71118,"date":"2022-05-10T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=71118"},"modified":"2022-05-09T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T13:24:10","slug":"history-of-rome-in-15-buildings-08-the-baths-of-caracalla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/05\/10\/history-of-rome-in-15-buildings-08-the-baths-of-caracalla\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Rome in 15 Buildings 08. The Baths of Caracalla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1CvaUbwz9l0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>toldinstone<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 27 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>Every day, ten thousand bathers and over a million gallons of water were funneled through the Baths of Caracalla, the subject of this eighth episode in our History of Rome. The astonishing scale of the Baths indicates the power of two Roman obsessions: imperial propaganda and public bathing.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed this video, you might be interested in my book <em>Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans<\/em>. 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