A little yes, a little no. I mean, it's more than that. For one thing, bath houses were communal, though men and women were often separate, more or less. Only the wealthy could have one to themselves or only their household inside their actual house. They were a public service, really.

They were these beautiful, glorious really, public structures.

[At last Kethali is smiling and she means it. Lifts her coffee and takes a sip before gesturing with the mug. She could go on about Rome for hours, even if she had been rather poor. Nostalgia, it's a powerful thing.]

In fact, some were as big as a few city blocks. Well, city blocks were smaller then. You had your warm rooms, your hot rooms for sweating yourself clean, cold rooms for rinsing and oiling and scraping.

The closest modern approximation is the modern spa, and maybe a sauna to some degree? Japanese bathhouses are slightly similar too.