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Roman Baths
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Hydraulic and Thermal Systems
The operation of the baths depended entirely on the efficient management of water supply and the sophisticated hypocaust system for heating. Water was typically supplied via aqueducts (such as the Aqua Augusta serving the Baths of Caracalla), often channeled into elevated cisterns built directly above or adjacent to the bathing halls [2].
The heating system employed the hypocaust, an underfloor system where hot air and smoke from [fu…