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Episode CL - Q and A VI (Live)

Emperors of Rome

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Did Women Have Equal Access to the Bathhouses With the Men?

Women did bathe as well, and we have written sources that indicate that they bathe in a separate area. We do know that Roman women own businesses and they might have been doing some political machinations behind the scenes. I like to imagine so anyway. But we don't really see it in films and TV shows, do we? It's not the women meeting in the bath. It's always the men.

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