Baptisterium

{{Short description|Ancient Roman bathing basin}} {{For|the building housing a baptismal font|Baptistery}} {{Italics title}} [[Image:Frigidarium of the Old Baths at Pompeii by Overbeck.png|thumb|upright|The ''baptisterium'' in the ''[[frigidarium]]'' of the ''[[thermae]]'' at [[Pompeii]]]] In [[classical antiquity]], a '''''baptisterium''''' ({{langx|grc|βαπτιστήριον}}) was a large basin installed in private or [[Thermae|public baths]] into which bathers could plunge, or even swim about.<ref>Epist. ii. 17, 11 (cited by Peck)</ref> It is more commonly called ''natatorium'' or ''piscina''.

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[[Category:Ancient Roman baths]]

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