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Baths of Agrippa

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Thermes Agrippa
Thermes Agrippa

The Baths of Agrippa (Latin: Thermae Agrippae) was a structure of ancient Rome, in what is now Italy, built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. It was the first of the great thermae constructed in the city, and also the first public bath.

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Baths of Agrippa
Via dell'Arco della Ciambella, Rome Municipio Roma I

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Via dell'Arco della Ciambella
00186 Rome, Municipio Roma I
Lazio, Italy
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