The Washington Post, April 28th, 1988
The Baths of Caracalla were renowned throughout the ancient world for the richness of their interior. The walls were sheathed in multicolored marble, bright mosaics covered the floors, sculpture filled the niches and carved capitals sat atop massive columns of granite, porphyry and alabaster. In the homes of late 20th-century America, some luxury baths-with their ornamentation and marble walls and floors-almost reflect the glory of Roman public baths of more than 1,700 years ago. Luckily the intervening years also have brought the perfection of glass and heating systems as well as the inventio...
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