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
Roman Catholic Diocese of Acqui Roman Catholic Diocese of Acqui The Roman Catholic Diocese of Acqui () straddles the (civil) regions of Piedmont and Liguria, in northwest Italy. The ancient Roman name of the place was "Aquae Statiellae", which was sometimes confused with "Aquae Sentiae" (Aix-en-Provence), and "Aquae Augustae" (Dax), where there were also bishops. Acqui had always been subordinate to the Province of Milan, down until 1817, when Pope Pius VII assigned it to the Province of Turin. As a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin, it falls within the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont. It is probable that the diocese of Acqui was established