by Cinzia Dal Maso

Your first impact with Diocletian's Baths in Rome is the garden entrance: an oasis of peace opposite the bustle and noise of neighboring Termini train station. In fact, the station's name, "Termini," is a corruption of the Latin "thermae" or "baths," which came to indicate this Roman neighborhood over the centuries.

Diocletian had the grand, outsize complex built in just eight years, from 298 to 306 AD, after purchasing, expropriating or demolishing over thirteen hectares' worth of buildings. The purpose of the complex was to provide baths, gyms, gardens and libraries for the largest and most populous district in the city.

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Fonte: Italy24