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The baths of Caracalla covered 27 acres and could accommodate 1600 people  per shift of
2 hours (a century later, the baths of Diocletianus,
built by Maximianus, ruler
together with Diocletianus,
could receive 3000 guests per shift!). The Aqua Antoniana,
in the southern part of the old Rome, provided
the baths of Caracalla with water.Many labourers were constantly
repairing and expanding the waterworks over centuries,
supervised by a curator aquarum. The
baths of Caracalla, one of the most elegant and
massive Roman baths ever built. |
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The water that reached
Rome flowed into huge high leveled
cisterns (castella). From these cisterns it ran through lead pipes (calices)
into several
city districts. Partly for the emperor, partly for the
rich (if they paid enough for it, the water was distributed
into their homes!) and the rest was distributed by the
public fountains in the city.
