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Baths of Diocletian - Definition and Overview
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, built in the tepidarium of the baths
The Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani) in Rome were the grandest of the public baths, or thermae built by successive emperors. Diocletian's Baths, dedicated in 306, were the largest and most sumptuous of the imperial baths and remained in use until the aqueducts that fed them were cut by the Goths in 537. Similar in size and plan to those of Caracalla, they are well preserved because various parts later were converted to ecclesiastical or other use. The complex now houses the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri and the Museo Nazionale Romano (National Roman Museum). The three soaring vaults of the basilica's transept provide, one of the few glimpses of the original splendor of Roman building.


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