Pompeii: Tepidarium (Warm Baths)
- Artist / Collection: Gell, Sir William
- Product Code: 541
- SKU: fva12553
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Pompeii: Tepidarium (Warm Baths)
Tepidarium (warm baths), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. A Thermae (public baths) usually had a caldarium (hot bath), tepidarium (warm bath) and frigidarium (cold bath).
Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavation of Pompeii revealed fascinating details about life in the ancient Roman empire.
Based on an engraving made in the 1820s about the excavation of Pompeii by Sir William Gell, which we have carefully restored and enhanced.
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