Masada (Israel): Hypocaust Walls in Bathhouse Caldarium
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The caldarium (or hot bath) in Roman bathhouses was heated by raising the floor on short pillars (pillae) and circulating hot air heated by a furnace through the hollow spaces. In this bath house it appears that the steam was also forced behind the walls of the caldarium, or hot bath.