Pl.: basilicae thermarum

Large rectangular halls, often with a peristyle (colonnaded court) and hence resembling the secular basilica. Such halls were usually found in large baths of the Imperial type, flanking the frigidarium. The walls often had recesses or apsidal exedrae in which statues were displayed. The basilica stood in connection with the apodyteria and the frigidarium, and was probably used as an exercise court, and more generally as a meeting place.