Below is a recap of lectures on baths and bathing planned for the coming months. Do let us know if we have missed any.

13 March 2025 – Giacomo Savani
Machines for Competition? Reassessing Rural Baths in Late Roman Britain

At 17:00 UK time, accessible online (information here). The talk is organised by the Leeds Centre for Ancient World & Classical Reception Studies (CAWCRS).

14 March 2025 – Kris Lockyear
Baths in Roman Britain

The talk is the first Tony Rook Memorial Lecture and will be held in person only in Welvyn Garden City, UK (more information here). Attentive readers of the Balnearia series will remember reading Tony Rook’s contributions on fuel trials and hypocausts.

The online lecture series of the Frontinus Gesellschaft also includes two talks on baths. To view them online, follow the link at the bottom of this page.

10 April 2025 – Gemma Jansen
Lead Hot Water Boilers and Cold Water Tanks – How to Bring Warm Water to a Roman Bath

08 May 2025 – Silvia González Soutelo
Thermal Architecture in Roman Hispania: The Exploitation of Mineral-medicinal Waters in the Iberian Peninsula