As in Pompeii and every other town and city in the Roman world, there were several therma
e in Herculaneum. In this case, the most important was the one located in the city's Forum. The baths of Herculaneum are smaller than those of \b \cf4 \ATXht6086 Pompeii\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and their heating and operating systems are less efficient and adva
nced. They have the same arrangement of rooms (changing room, \b \cf1 \ATXht6 frigidarium\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , \b \cf1 \ATXht20 tepidarium\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , and \b \cf1 \ATXht3 calidarium\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 ) and the same strict separation of the women's and m
en's section. The building, constructed in the Augustan age (circa 10 BC), was decorated later, during the reign of Emperor Nero.\par