Baptisterium

The baptisterium in the frigidarium of the thermes at Pompeii.

In classical antiquity, a baptisterium (Ancient Greek: βαπτιστήριον) was a large basin installed in private or public baths into which bathers could plunge, or even swim about.[1] It is more commonly called natatorium or piscina.

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Footnotes

  1. Epist. ii. 17, 11 (cited by Peck)
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