Baptisterium

In classical antiquity, a baptisterium (Ancient Greek: βαπτιστήριον) was a large basin installed in private or public bath into which bathers could plunge, or even swim about.[1] It is more commonly called natatorium or piscina.

The baptisterium in the frigidarium of the thermae at Pompeii.

References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Peck, Harry Thurston, ed. (1898). "Baptisterium". Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York: Harper & Brothers.

Footnotes
  1. Epist. ii. 17, 11 (cited by Peck)


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