Tepidarium vs. Caldarium — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tepidarium and Caldarium
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Tepidarium
The tepidarium was the warm (tepidus) bathroom of the Roman baths heated by a hypocaust or underfloor heating system. The speciality of a tepidarium is the pleasant feeling of constant radiant heat which directly affects the human body from the walls and floor.
Caldarium
A caldarium (also called a calidarium, cella caldaria or cella coctilium) was a room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath complex. This was a very hot and steamy room heated by a hypocaust, an underfloor heating system using tunnels with hot air, heated by a furnace tended by slaves.
Tepidarium
(historical) A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
Caldarium
In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
Tepidarium
(historical) A boiler in which the water was heated.
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Caldarium
In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.
Tepidarium
Any room containing a warm bath.
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