Public bathing 19 BC had a rotunda 25 metres across, circled by small rooms, set in a park with artificial river and pool. By AD 300 the Baths of Diocletian would cover , its soaring granite and porphyry sheltering 3,000 bathers a day. Roman baths became "something like a cross between an aquacentre and a theme park", with pools, game rooms, gardens, even libraries and theatres. One of the most famous public bath sites is Aquae Sulis in Bath, England. Dr. Garrett G Fagan, a professor at Pennsylvania State University, described public bathing as a "social event" for the Romans in his
Celsa (Roman city) Celsa (Roman city) Celsa was an important pre-Roman and Roman city located near the modern town of Velilla de Ebro. Recent excavations have brought to light many rich private and public buildings which give a glimpse of its former grandeur. Celsa was originally an Iberian settlement, called "Kelse", of the Ilergetes tribe. It was located in the middle reaches of the River Ebro at a privileged position on the natural route from the coast to the peninsular. It was sited on terraces rising from the river and dominating a strategic ford. From the mid-second to the first half of the