Quote Originally Posted by Horatius View Post
Is that proven? All cultures had at least some form of bathing.
Well, I was lucky enough to be on holiday in Sicily recently, where I visited a number of hellenistic archeological sites. Possibly the best preserved was Morgantina, especially it's baths, a model of which was displayed at the musem of the site in nearby Aidone.

What particularily struck me was the heating system which seemed very similar to that I've seen in later Roman sites. Morgantina was occupied by Romans though, so I can't be sure of the dating e.g. what went first -there were a series of improvements of the baths throughout the city's occupation.