\paperw4095 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \li105 \f1 \fs22 BATHS OF CARACALLA or ANTONINE BATHS\par
Built in the years 212-17 on a largely artificial terrace, they occup
ied an area of about 140,000 m2 and were supplied with water by a special branch of the Marcian Water that was given the name of the Antonine Water. It was able to hold 1,600 bathers at a time. Two symmetrical routes led along the central axis of the bui
lding to the \b \cf1 \ATXht3 calidarium\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , \b \cf1 \ATXht20 tepidarium\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , \b \cf1 \ATXht6 frigidarium,\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and natatio. The only larger establishment in Rome was the Baths of Diocletian, whose maximum capacity i
s reckoned to have been in the order of 3,000 people. The famous work of ancient sculpture known as the Farnese Bull and the \b \cf1 \ATXht13 mosaic\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 depicting athletes, now in the Vatican Museums, came from the Baths of \b \cf4 \ATXht159 Caracalla\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 .
