It was fashionable to have hairless bodies and you could have your hairs plucked out one by one. Ouch!
Stage 4
Warm Room
In the warm room, Roman bathers would be covered in olive oil to collect sweat and dirt. The oil is then swiped off using a curved metal tool called a Strigil
The Warm Room was known as The Tepidarium. Today we use the word tepid as a description for warm water.
To find out more about how the air and water was heated, visit the Furnace and Hypocaust page.
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