Marine Mosaic in the Central Baths of Herculaneum

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Carole Raddato
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Marine mosaic floor decorating the apodyterium (changing room) of the women's baths in Herculaneum. The Central Baths at Herculaneum were built around the beginning of the 1st century CE and were divided, as was then the common practice, into men's and women's baths, each with their own separate entrances.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2020, January 28). Marine Mosaic in the Central Baths of Herculaneum. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11795/marine-mosaic-in-the-central-baths-of-herculaneum/

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