The remains of the Roman bath complex known as Thermae Majores are located under the modern concrete flyover next to Florian Ter. Entrance to the Roman Bath Museum is free when the site is open.
The bath complex, which was built for the Roman soldiers stationed at Aquincum, includes an exercise hall (palaestra), a hot room (calidarium), a tepid room (tepidarium), a cold room (frigidarium), and a changing room (apodyterium).
For more information about the features of the Roman bath house, please turn to
Fikret Yegül, Bathing in the Roman World (2009).
A poster with detailed information about the opening times and hours (in Hungarian and in English)
is placed by the entrance to the museum.
is placed by the entrance to the museum.
The ancient bath complex is located under the modern concrete flyover next to Florian Ter.
This poster, which shows the layout of the Roman bath complex, is placed inside the museum.
The text is written in Hungarian and in English (see more below).
The text is written in Hungarian and in English (see more below).
Only the lower part of the ancient walls are preserved today.
Only the lower part of the ancient walls are preserved today.
Only the lower part of the ancient walls are preserved today.
Below: the layout of Thermae Majores (borrowed from Wikipedia). Legend:
1. Palaestra --- 2. Apodyterium (by mistake marked as # 3, above and below, next to # 1)
3. Frigidarium --- 4. Tepidarium --- 5. Calidarium
6. Sudatorium (a steam bath) --- 7. Nymphaeum (two fountains in # 3)
8. Latrina --- 9. Praefurnium (the boiler room, next to # 4)
Additional explanations:
Pink colour = Letter A = an area that is not heated (for instance # 1)
Red colour = Letter B = an area with underfloor heating (hypocaustum) (# 4, 5, and 6)
Blue colour = Letter C = a pool with water (three pools in # 3, three pools in # 5)
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