Monday, 9 June 2008

Hypocaust


Visited a ruined Roman villa - photo is detail from a hypocaust, an underfloor heating system, warmed by hot air from a furnace. There were hot and cold pools associated with the rooms.

The records are silent as to whether the Romans went in for birch branch beatings.
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