Baths of Caracalla
In 206 AD, Emperor Septimius Severus started building the baths. The baths were made from mozaiks on the floor and concrete walls. They were not named after him though, they were named after his son, the next Emperor of Rome, Emperor Caracalla. Caracalla and his father shared the role of Emperor from 198 AD, until in 211 AD when Emperor Septimius Severus passed away, leaving Caracalla to reign by himself and finish building the baths. Caracalla finally finished the bath complex in 216 AD. Unfortunately for him, Caracalla was assassinated on April 18, 217 AD.
Made up on a large complex of red-bricked buildings, the baths would have been used not just for bathing, but for social events too. Like many Roman baths, the Baths of Caracalla could accommodate thousands of people at once. The Baths of Caracalla did not only contain baths but it would have had a library, shops and more.
In the sixteenth century AD the baths were destroyed by Goths and then later exploited for its marble. Luckily the baths still remain in a pretty good condition, in fact the ruins are some of the best preserved of their kind in the world.
Made up on a large complex of red-bricked buildings, the baths would have been used not just for bathing, but for social events too. Like many Roman baths, the Baths of Caracalla could accommodate thousands of people at once. The Baths of Caracalla did not only contain baths but it would have had a library, shops and more.
In the sixteenth century AD the baths were destroyed by Goths and then later exploited for its marble. Luckily the baths still remain in a pretty good condition, in fact the ruins are some of the best preserved of their kind in the world.
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