Talk:Thermae

message: the information from this page is copied verbatim from http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/baths.html.  This should either be changed or cited!
Luke 07:11, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: references!!!

message: My Latin textbook (Oxford Latin Course, Part II; ) says the word for Roman bathes is "balnea, balneorum, n. pl." (Nominative, genitive, gender, number).  Thermae is not mentioned at all.
I suggest we change this page's title to Roman Baths (or some variation of that), and mention that in Latin they are known as balnea or thermae.
Micaelus 02:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect word 

message: The article reads that Romans spent hours a day in baths. Probably a limited number of the wealthy idle did this. Wouldn't it seem unlikely, for example, that slaves lounged in baths for hours a day? 24.130.12.229 (talk) 12:28, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Baths not for everyone

message: As far as i can read in all articles, the correct word for the sports ground in the roman baths is Palaestra or Sphaeristerium. The public area in the private houses, where the owner would recieve his visitors is called the atrium. Mamasinche 17:08, 30 April 2010‎ (the only contribution by 'Mamasinche')
:Now we have "". Loutron is a Greek word, not a Latin one. Has it been used in an identical form in Latin too, or is it a plain mistake? See λουτρόν at wiktionary. Arminden (talk) 21:34, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  wrong word for the sports ground in the roman baths. 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: :"this article will describe the layout of Pompeii's Old Baths, otherwise known as the Forum Baths"
I consider this to be VERY confusing! It can't be highlighted enough, should be set in a frame with coloured fonts at the top of the section (I don't know how to do it; who does?). The Forum Baths at Pompeii are just one example, they shouldn't be the base for the entire "layout" section unless variations are made very clear at every step of the way. Arminden (talk) 21:45, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layout only following Forum Baths at Pompeii 

message: See same discussion at "Talk:Palaestra#Same term used for Roman baths, in Latin?".
:"open court (palaestra,..."
The wiklilink connects to an article where palaestra is ONLY defined as a type of GREEK wrestling school, not as the courtyard of a ROMAN bath-house. Very confusing! Maybe the source is old and uses terms in a way discarded by now - or that article should be extended to also contain the meaning of "court used for exercise inside a Roman baths facility"? I have no idea.
See also above at "wrong word for the sports ground in the roman baths": the terms offered there are  palaestra and sphaeristerium. The latter has its own article, but it defines only open spaces used for exercise with balls, not for other types of sports. "Palaestra" is derived from the Ancient Greek palē - "wrestling".
Is there no general Latin term for this type of court? Arminden (talk) 21:50, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Palaestra" for the court used for exercise