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View from the Palestra of the majestic marble courtyard hall of the Roman Bath- Gymnasium complex. Sardis, Sart, Turkey. The double storied colonnaded courtyard was used for special ceremonies and was dedicated to the citzens of Sardis to Emperors Geta and Caracalla sons of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna (their mother). The Bath- Gymnasium complex covers 23,000 square metres and was completed in the middle of the 2nd century AD. The complex consisted of the colonnaded Palestra (exercise yard) Marble courtyard, Frigidarium (cold bath), Tepidaria (warm) and Caldarium (hot).
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