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title: Heated Flooring, Roman Baths at Glanum
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5585/heated-flooring-roman-baths-at-glanum/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Heated Flooring, Roman Baths at Glanum

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Heated Flooring, Roman Baths at Glanum](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5585.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5585.jpg)

## Image Caption

A portion of the brick underfloor system (hypocaust) which allowed the rooms of the [Roman baths](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Baths/) to be heated at [Glanum](https://www.worldhistory.org/Glanum/), southern France. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE.

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2016, September 01). Heated Flooring, Roman Baths at Glanum. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5585/heated-flooring-roman-baths-at-glanum/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "Heated Flooring, Roman Baths at Glanum." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 01, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5585/heated-flooring-roman-baths-at-glanum/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Heated Flooring, Roman Baths at Glanum." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Sep 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5585/heated-flooring-roman-baths-at-glanum/>.

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