Thamugadi

Japanese: Thamugadi
Thamugadi

...In addition to the Baths of Nero, Titus, and Trajan, other representative imperial baths include the Baths of Caracalla and the Baths of Diocletian, both of which are still well preserved today. How much the Romans loved baths can be seen from the fact that 14 public baths have been discovered in the Roman city of Thamugadi (population approximately 8,000) in North Africa, and that bath facilities have also been confirmed in Dura Europos in Syria and in Roman military garrisons on the borders of Britain. [Aoyagi Masanori]
[Bath habits in Europe]
In early antiquity, the practice of taking a cleansing bath before important religious ceremonies appears to have been an important element.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Thamugadi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈ネロの浴場〉〈ティトゥスの浴場〉〈トラヤヌスの浴場〉などのほか,皇帝浴場の代表例としては現在も保存状態の良い〈カラカラの浴場〉と〈ディオクレティアヌスの浴場〉などがある。ローマ人がいかに浴場を好んだかは,北アフリカのローマ都市タムガディThamugadi(人口約8000)で14の公共浴場が発見されていることや,シリアのドゥラ・ユーロポスやブリタニア辺境のローマ軍駐屯地でも浴場施設が確認されていることからわかる。【青柳 正規】
[ヨーロッパにおける入浴の習慣]
 古代初期においては,宗教上の重要な儀式の前の〈身をきよめるための入浴〉ということが,重要な要素を占めていたように思われる。…

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