Have you ever wondered what the ancient Romans did at the baths? Some of baths are striking features of Rome’s skyline even today.  Great importance was attached to these structures, and not only for the aspects directly related to personal hygiene. They were places where you could relax, discuss business or decide to hold important meetings; not only that, they were venues for exercise and sport.  In ancient Rome, public baths were often huge buildings, almost small towns, open all day and every day. The emperors themselves ordered their construction for public use by the citizens and competed to overcome their predecessors by building ever larger and more magnificent baths. Even today in Rome you can admire some of the largest and best preserved in the world: the baths of Agrippa, Caracalla, and Diocletian. Guiding you through these magnificent structures, an archaeologist will explain to you how they were built, detailing the sophisticated engineering of the ancient Romans. You will learn how a Roman citizen would have experienced the baths, and you will discover hidden places within them. You will also learn how the slaves and freedmen lived, those people who, every single day, kept these enormous structures in operation and who often spent their entire lives here.