Thermae thieves and pickpockets were known to frequent the baths. The changing room was known as the "apodyterium" (from Greek "apodyterion" from "apoduein" "to take off"). In many ways, baths were the ancient Roman equivalent of community centres. Because the bathing process took so long, conversation was necessary. Many Romans would use the baths as a place to invite their friends to dinner parties, and many politicians would go to the baths to convince fellow Romans to join their causes. The thermae had many attributes in addition to the baths. There were libraries, rooms for poetry readings, and places to buy
Roman baths of Toledo de los Ríos square is high above the River Tagus. In Roman times water was supplied from one of the river's tributaries and entered the city via an aqueduct about 80m above the Tajo. There was a storage system using large cisterns. There is a section below a former church, the Oratorio de San Felipe de Neri. Another section was discovered underneath a building in 1986. Some of the remains can currently be viewed underneath a shop. Roman baths of Toledo The Roman baths of Toledo or Roman thermae of Amador de los Ríos are ruins of Roman thermae located