Herculaneum VI.1. Terme Centrali or Central Baths, linked to VI.7, VI.8 and VI.10.

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Tepidarium, or warm room

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. September 2004.

Looking towards north wall, and doorway to rear services’ corridor, in centre right, with arched doorway to warm room (tepidarium) on right.

On the left in the north-west corner is a doorway leading to the small square vestibule of the frigidarium.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010.

Looking east along rear corridor on north side of baths, leading towards furnace and well, and entrance at Ins. VI.10.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. March 2014.

Looking east along rear corridor on north side of baths, leading towards furnace and well, and entrance at Ins. VI.10.

(For other photos, see VI.10).

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking west along rear corridor on north side of baths.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. September 2003.

Looking towards west wall of rear corridor on north side of baths. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. September 2003.

Looking towards north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. September 2003.

Detail from north wall in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. March 2014.

Looking west in rear corridor towards latrine, from doorway into apodyterium, on left.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking west towards latrine in service corridor.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. August 2013.

Small latrine in service corridor, looking towards west side of corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

See Camardo, D. & Notomista, M. Indagine archeologica nel corridoio di servizio (amb.14) delle Terme Centrale di Ercolano,

in Rivista di Studi Pompeiani, XXI, 2010, (p.151). 

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. August 2013.

Looking south-west from corridor, into doorway returning to apodyterium or dressing room. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Arched doorway in east wall of apodyterium leading to tepidarium.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010.

Looking east. Threshold of doorway from apodyterium, onto mosaic floor of tepidarium.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013.

Looking east across mosaic floor of tepidarium, towards the doorway to the caldarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Maiuri wrote that the great tepidarium with the hollow floor, now largely caved in, has the same system of podia and shelves around it as the apodyterium.

The mosaic pavement of somewhat coarse workmanship has a representation of a galloping triton with a helm and a basket of fruit surrounded by four dolphins (the same subject as in the women’s apodyterium).

See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guide books to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.37).

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013. Collapsed hollow floor in tepidarium in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. West wall of tepidarium with collapsed flooring, and doorway to apodyterium.

VI.1/7 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.

Looking west from tepidarium through doorway into apodyterium, and across into doorway leading to the small square vestibule of the frigidarium.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013. Collapsed flooring near west wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013. Looking south along west side of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking south along west side of tepidarium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Benches along west wall and showing hollow flooring for hot-air circulation.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Vaulted ceiling of tepidarium with stuccoed ridges.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013. Looking towards shelving recesses in north wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking along east wall of tepidarium towards north wall.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum, April 2018. Looking towards north-east corner of tepidarium.

Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum, April 2018. Detail from east wall of tepidarium in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.

Use is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013.

Looking towards north-east corner and shelving recesses on east wall in tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. East wall of tepidarium.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. 7th August 1976. Looking north along east wall of tepidarium.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum, April 2018. Detail from east wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.

Use is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013. Looking south in tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Vaulted ceiling of tepidarium with stucco ridges, at south end.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013. Looking south-east across mosaic in tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Mosaic of a huge triton surrounded by leaping dolphins set into apodyterium floor.

The floor has collapsed, due to the floor being hollow for the circulation of hot air.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum, August 2021.

Looking north across mosaic in tepidarium showing a Triton with a helm and a basket of fruit surrounded by four dolphins.

Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

VI.1, Herculaneum. April 2014. 

Looking north towards mosaic in tepidarium showing a Triton with a helm and a basket of fruit surrounded by four dolphins.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013.

Mosaic in tepidarium showing a Triton with a helm and a basket of fruit surrounded by four dolphins. Looking north.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. March 2008. Looking north across mosaic floor in tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013. South-west corner of flooring in tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1, Herculaneum. August 2013. Looking towards the south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Mosaic floor at south end of tepidarium.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. South end of tepidarium and collapsed mosaic floor.

VI.1/7, Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking towards north end of tepidarium, from near doorway to caldarium.

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