laconicum
Ancient hot chamber
A laconicum is a dry sweating room in ancient Roman baths, intensely heated to induce perspiration.
Named for the Spartans (Laconians), who favored this style of bathing, it was typically a small circular chamber with a domed ceiling.
The term appears mainly in archaeology and classical studies: The excavation revealed a well-preserved laconicum adjacent to the tepidarium.
Heated water's gaseous form
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- saunaHeated room for sweating
- hammamTurkish public steam bath
detoxification · perspiration · dry heat · hot room · purification · cleansing · therapeutic · wellness
Public washing facility
Circular domed chamber
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- apseVaulted church recess
- vaultedCurved overhead, or leaped
- circularForming a closed curve
chamber · alcove · niche · bench · conical · oculus · masonry · plunge pool
Ancient Greek warrior state
- brevityShortness of expression
- terseBrief to bluntness
- conciseBriefly and clearly stated
- succinctExpressed with minimal words
pithy · curt · sparing · restrained · austere · disciplined · minimalist · economical
steam
Heated water's gaseous form
hammam · detoxification · perspiration · dry heat · hot room · purification · cleansing · therapeutic · wellness
bathhouse
Public washing facility
rotunda
Circular domed chamber
circular · chamber · alcove · niche · bench · conical · oculus · masonry · plunge pool · heated floor
Sparta
Ancient Greek warrior state
succinct · pithy · curt · sparing · restrained · austere · disciplined · minimalist · economical · blunt
- spa roomssauna, steam room, hot tub room, massage room, relaxation room
- heated roomssauna, steam room, furnace room, boiler room, infrared sauna
- ancient bathshypocaust, Roman baths, public baths, bathhouse, bath house
- bathhousessauna, steam room, hot tub, cold plunge, Roman bath
- steam bathssteam bath, steam room, steam shower, wet sauna, hammam