Baths of caracalla floor plan

Introduction

The complex was initiated by the Seventh Emperor Severus in 206 AD and completed by Caracalla between 212-217 AD.

Emperor Caracalla felt the need to perpetuate himself through time like his predecessors had managed Trajan’s Forum, the Colosseum in Rome, and Phanteon among others.

To achieve this feat required the Romans to put all their effort and a lot of money into building the largest center of baths ever known until then, the Baths of Caracalla.

Subsequently, other emperors, such as Elagábalo Alessandro Sever, complemented the work or the renovation.

Baths of caracalla floor plan

The building was destroyed by an earthquake in 847, although already from 537 it could not be used since the water channels were destroyed.

The complex could comfortably accommodate nearly 2,000 people at a time.

The Baths of Caracalla remained operational until 537 AD, when Catholicism prevailed and banned the use of baths as entertainment.

Several of the gigantic marble baths, carv