Fēlēs Cūriōsa, Urbs - Capitulum Tertium
fēlēs cūriōsa aquaeductūs explōrat. aquaeductūs aquam portant. aquaeductūs factī sunt multīs arcibus. aquaeductūs aquam ad fontēs et thermās portant.
fēlēs thermās intrat. in thermīs columnae et statuae sunt. in thermīs pictūrae sunt in mūrīs et in pavīmentō. in thermīs est aqua. aquaeductus aquam portat.
multī hominēs nūdī sedent in aquā. fēlēs cōnfūsa est.
aqua est mala. cūr hominēs sedent in aquā???
in thermīs hominēs amīcōs salūtant. hominēs clāmant:
"ut valēs?"
"āthlēticē!"
"pancraticē!"
"et tū?"
"basilicē!"
in thermīs hominēs sē lavant. in thermīs fēminae sē lavant sēparātim.
in thermīs servī labōrant.
in thermīs āthlētae pūgnant et currunt. āthlētae sunt nūdī. āthlētae clāmant! fēlēs exit!
Text and artwork by Abbi Holt, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 License
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How would you answer these questions?
- What other cultures have public bathing either today or in the past?
- Why do you think Roman rulers built baths and made them free to everyone?