Ashly

= **__Ancient Romes Public Bathrooms__** =

** 1. What did they use to wash there bodies with? **

 * The Romans washed their bodies with olive oil, and it made their skin smooth. The Romans didn't want to wash there bodies every day because they were scared that there spirit that protected them would go away and that they would die. They also would wash there bodies on a special day because it is the day of a god.**

** 2. Did they use the same water or did they use clean water? **

 * The roman people built pipes so water could travel from place to place** **.****There were pipes that would take the durty water and there were other pipes that would bring clean fresh water. **

**3. Did they separate the boys from the girls?**

 * The girls had to take a bath first than the boys. Th girls took their baths in the morning because they had house work to do and the boys in the afternoon because they were done working.**

** 4. How big were the public bathrooms? **

 * The public bathrooms were huge. People who came there, could cut their hair , read books at their library's . They could also come to get snacks and there were restaurants. The Romans also came there to do exercise , like going to the gym. The public bathrooms some times were several blocks.**

** 5. Would only rich people come? **

 * The poor people could also come because the fee was not expensive. All types of people would come but mostly the common people because the rich people had their own privet bathrooms at their houses. But for the rich people the water was limited.**