326 ROMAN BATHS. 



has for so many centuries preserved its well- 

 merited reputation. 



The Romans had magnificent baths here, and 

 most of them are the same as are used at the pre- 

 sent day. There is a warm spring very strongly 

 impregnated with sulphur, and there are large 

 baths for the public as well as small ones for 

 private persons. These private baths are quite 

 distinct from each other, and there is none of the 

 social bathing which astonishes so much any 

 Englishman who visits Baden near Vienna, where 

 the baths are made a complete lounge, and any 

 person may walk in and talk with the persons 

 who are bathing in the centre of a large room, 

 round the sides of which are seats for the accom- 

 modation of the spectators. At Mehadia, there 

 is a public bath, but it is merely for persons of 

 inferior grades in life. 



The following, among many other inscriptions, 

 still exists on the walls of the building, the whole 

 of which is in very good preservation : — 



HERCULIS 



ET 



VENERIS 



MERCURIUS 



PR. SALUTE 



CUMSUS. 



