Archaeologists have uncovered the largest private bath complex ever found at Pompeii, providing new insights into life in the ancient Roman city. The spa complex was equipped to accommodate up to thirty people and includes a caldarium, tepidarium, frigidarium, and apodyterium. The bath complex was directly connected to a banquet hall, suggesting that the homeowner likely invited guests to bathe and then entertained them afterward. The discovery aligns with descriptions in the Satyricon, where the rich freedman Trimalchio celebrates a lavish dinner in a Campanian city of the 1st century CE.
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