BATHS OF CARACALLA, Introduction
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- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Hi, I'm James, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.
Today I'll accompany you through the Baths of Caracalla, which is one of the most magnificent archaeological complexes in Rome!
The park you now stand in conserves the impressive remains of the Terme, or Baths, that Emperor Caracalla had built; they were inaugurated in 217 BC, before the entire structure had even been completed. If the name Caracalla seems strange to you, you should know that his real name was actually Lucius Septimius Bassianus, but he went down in history with the nickname "Caracalla" because he liked to wear a fashionable Gallic cap that was called a "caracalla"....