Description
Ruins of the roof and walls of a Roman bath house. A few dozens of kilometres to the southwest of Cagliari lies one of Sardinia’s most important archaeological sites, Nora. Once a a prosperous city, Phoenician first, Carthaginian later, and finally a Roman centre. Excavations began in 1889, when a coastal storm revealed a Phoenician-Punic cemetery. Roman baths were part of the day-to-day life in Ancient Rome. Roman houses had water supplied via lead pipes. However, these pipes were taxed according to their size, so many houses had just a basic supply and could not hope to rival a bath complex. Therefore for personal hygiene, people went to the local baths. However, the local bath complex was also a gathering point and served a very useful community and social function. Here people could relax, keep clean and keep up with the latest news.
