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Hammam Essalihine (Arabic: حمام الصالحين Ḥammām aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn, lit."The Bath of the Righteous"; Latin: Aquae Flavianae) is an ancient Roman bath situated in the Aurès Mountains in the El Hamma District in the Khenchela Province of Algeria.
The public Roman baths were built of rubble and revetted with ashlar and brick. These "thermae" may date as early as the 2nd century AD. These "thermae" may date as early as the 2nd century AD. Only one large rectangular chamber (22 x 14 m), undoubtedly the tepidarium, can be described; it gave onto other rooms and onto the exterior by 11 passages.
1.1 Algeria. 1.2 Austria. 1.3 Bulgaria. ... This is a list of ancient Roman public baths ... Lebanon Roman bath ruins near Strumica Pompeii, Italy. Hot room, Roman ...
Timgad (Arabic: تيمقاد, romanized: Tīmqād, known as Marciana Traiana Thamugadi) was a Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The full name of the city was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi .
The importance of Aquae Calidae – as the name indicated – was from the warm waters (reaching nearly 50 C.) that were used for the local famous Roman thermae. During the centuries of Roman domination Aquae Calidae was a small but rich city with a Forum, theater, baths, library and aqueducts, but nearly all has disappeared.
Excavation has revealed a moderately-sized Roman emporium. [8] It had a forum, temple, courthouse, and magistrates' office. Its Roman streets were laid out on a grid. [9] A public bath and ornamental mosaic have been found, with inscriptions and statues scattered around. [10] It was conquered with the rest of the area around it during the late ...
The Historical Market. Djémila (Arabic: جميلة, romanized: Ǧamīlah, lit. 'Beautiful (one)'), formerly Cuicul, is a small mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Roman ruins in North Africa are found.
In Roman baths, there was often a palaestra, an outdoor courtyard surrounded by columns, which bathers would use like a modern day gym. [10] Some activities that would occur in the palaestra included boxing, discus throwing, weight lifting, and wrestling–activities which are all depicted in mosaics from baths in Ostia .