Talk:Ancient Roman bathing

On the Citation...
"However, gender separation was restored by Hadrian.[citation needed]"

Maybe not so much by Emperor Hadrian himself, although maybe that's what the author of that sentence means, but around the time of Emperor Hadrian. 68.49.138.170 (talk) 22:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

What about the practice of getting clean?
This article discusses the many facets of the bathhouses, which were largely recreational. But, it says little about personal hygiene at home, which I would expect since the article is not titled "Roman Baths", but "Ancient Roman Bathing". Didn't the Romans cover themselves with oil to scrape themselves clean? What about sponge baths? They had sponges. I'm sure of it. 68.49.138.170 (talk) 22:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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Reference 2 (Out of the Vapors...) link is broken.
I'm new to this, so I beg your pardon if I should do this differently.

I found a couple of valid links: http://npshistory.com/publications/hosp/out-of-the-vapors.pdf OR https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951p00953238a&view=1up&seq=3

I didn't want to just edit the page as I don't know which link to use.

Danketcham (talk) 20:38, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Classical Sources
Many classical sources discuss some of the processes of Roman bathing, so it would be great to add in some of these authors to the article. It would be good to add a section with some of these (Martial, Pliny the Younger, etc) — Preceding unsigned comment added by RPompeiiArchaeology (talk • contribs) 22:10, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Influences on the broader Roman empire
Would be great to have a section that talks about the influence of Roman bathing practices on the broader empire. Much of the article is focused on the Italian peninsula, but baths were important throughout the empire and had different impacts on different areas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RPompeiiArchaeology (talk • contribs) 22:34, 28 April 2022 (UTC)