Baths Of Caracalla In Rome, Italy Stock Photo

West side with exdra in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy. Besides being used for bathing, the complex also offered facilities for taking walks, reading/studying, exercise and body care. The main building stood in the centre with no connections to the surrounding walls, which housed the cisterns, two symmetrical libraries south, two large exedras east and west and tabernae shops to the north. The Baths of Caracalla were the city`s second largest Roman public baths, built between AD 212 or 211 and 216/217, during the reigns of emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla. The baths were in use until the 530s. The art works recovered from the ruins include famous sculptures such as the Farnese Bull and the Farnese Hercules. The bath main building was 214 x 110 meters and the height to the top of the roof line was 44 meters 145 ft.; it covered 6.5 acres and could hold an estimated 1,600 bathers.