Thermae Thermae In ancient Rome, thermae (from Greek θερμός "thermos", "hot") and balneae (from Greek βαλανεῖον "balaneion") were facilities for bathing. "Thermae" usually refers to the large imperial bath complexes, while "balneae" were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that existed in great numbers throughout Rome. Most Roman cities had at least one, if not many, such buildings, which were centres not only for bathing, but socializing, and reading as well. Roman bath-houses were also provided for private villas, town houses, and forts. They were supplied with water from an adjacent river or stream, or more normally, by an aqueduct. The water
Centre for Ancient Epigraphy and Numismatics, University of Belgrade Centre for Ancient Epigraphy and Numismatics, University of Belgrade The Centre for Ancient Epigraphy and Numismatics (French: Centre d’Études Épigraphiques et Numismatiques "Fanula Papazoglou") is a research centre of the University of Belgrade for the study epigraphy, inscriptions and numismatics of the ancient Balkans. The centre was founded in 1970 under the Department of History by Fanula Papazoglu (1917–2001) a noted Greek-Serbian classical scholar and epigrapher. The centre's main activities include research in the field of ancient history and epigraphy, focusing on epigraphic material from Serbian territory, i.e. the former Roman provinces Moesia Superior, Pannonia Inferior and Dalmatia. As well