Chapter 765 The Hot Baths Popular in Rome

After Marcus left, Gabi explained some precautions for the gladiators, and then left in a hurry to discuss the opening match with Marcus.

Bach performed well in the final assessment, allowing Gabi to pass successfully, and even received praise from Marcus. However, Gabi was not too happy, and instead frowned slightly.

He has been responsible for Bach's training, so he is very clear about Bach's true level. He always feels that it is not a good thing to push Bach to the front desk now. In Gabi's original plan, Bach will have to receive at least six months of special training. Only then could he barely become the face of the Victor Arena. Pushing him out too early was not a good thing, but Marcus obviously didn't have such good patience, especially after seeing Bach's outstanding performance today, he was probably full of thoughts. The focus is on how to turn the latter into a new cash cow as soon as possible.

Gaby didn't know how to convince Marklus.

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The people in charge were all gone, leaving only a group of gladiators who had just passed training on the training ground, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Although he still couldn't get rid of his status as a slave after becoming a full-time employee, his treatment was not much better than before.

First of all, the deadly cruel training before is gone. Although official gladiators themselves have to train constantly to improve their fighting skills, the intensity will not be as terrifying as before. Otherwise, considering the maintenance and rehabilitation methods of gladiators in this era, After only a few appearances, he was eliminated by the school.

In addition, everyone's accommodation conditions are much better now. In the past, more than a dozen people were crowded into one room, but official gladiators only had four people in a room. The snoring at night was much quieter. In addition, there were free Massages and baths, among which the free gladiators can leave the school at any time.

They can even stop participating in school training, as long as they ensure that they can play on time. For example, Griff, according to him, his wife just gave birth to a son for him, and he left without even drinking. After school, he hurried home to pick up his children. In fact, except for unmarried libertines like Habitus, many free gladiators trained in school and went home to sleep at night.

The slaves do not have such good treatment, but it is said that after performing in the Victor Arena for more than a year, they only need to ask Gabby for permission, and they can go out for a breather from time to time after receiving approval.

In addition, Gabi also promised them that as long as they can achieve a certain number of wins, they can regain their status as free people. Of course, the social status of freed slaves is still slightly lower than that of normal Roman citizens, but it will be lower than that of normal Roman citizens. Higher for foreigners in Rome.

This is undoubtedly the most exciting thing. Although compared to other slave gladiators, they are more dignified and are admired by many young ladies. However, no one wants to be a slave forever and have their life and death decided by others. Sold and sold like goods.

Zhang Heng and Varo returned to their new residence without drinking too much. When they opened the door, they immediately saw what Marcus was talking about as a gift.

I saw four female slaves sitting quietly in the room. They had nothing on them, but there was no shameful expression on their young faces. Instead, they puffed up their chests generously, as if sending a silent invitation to the two of them. .

However, Zhang Heng and Varo didn't react much when they saw this.

After going through so many rounds of dungeons, it was hard to attract Zhang Heng to pure physical stimulation. It was not that he refused this kind of thing, but it was hard to get much happiness from sleeping with someone who had no feelings for him.

Varro himself is a married man, and he once had many slaves in his family. He is no stranger to this kind of thing, but his mind is not on it now, so he turned to Zhang Heng and said, "I plan to go to school." Take a bath in the bathroom, we haven’t taken a good shower for so many days, I feel like I’m going to stink, how about you?”

"I'm with you." Zhang Heng nodded.

Apart from Caesar and the gladiators, ancient Rome was probably most famous for their unusual persistence in taking baths.

Since the invention of the first set of hot water bath equipment by the wealthy merchant Gaius in the early 1st century BC, bathing has become popular throughout the Roman Empire at an unimaginable speed and has become a part of Roman people's daily life, regardless of men, women, old or young, nobles or slaves. Say no to hot tubs.

However, even among the wealthy Domus, few built separate bathrooms. Ancient Romans were more accustomed to bathing in public baths.

There are hundreds of large and small baths in the entire city of Rome. The largest and most famous Trajan's Bath can accommodate 3,000 people bathing at the same time, and the admission fees for these baths are basically very cheap. Take the bathhouse as an example. You only need 1 guadelante (16 guadelantes are equal to 1 sesterces) to get in. But for this little money, you can’t even get half a bowl of vegetable soup outside. According to Varro Trajan's Bathhouse is said to be like a small city inside, and people who enter it for the first time may even get lost inside.

However, Zhang Heng has no chance to see it for the time being. What he and Varro are going to now is the gladiator school's own bathhouse, which is specially built for gladiators and is not open to the public.

The smoke column from the top of the bathhouse can be seen in the distance. In terms of architectural scale, it is naturally not as good as the bathing beach outside, but it does have a lot of the same things, such as the large pool directly opposite the door as soon as you enter. It provides cold water and you can swim in it. Along the surrounding The porch surrounds the small swimming pool and is a small courtyard. This is a place similar to a gym. Inside, two pairs of gladiators are wrestling, while the rest of the people are standing aside and watching. In addition, there is a man who is pounding. A flour bag, a bit like a later boxer practicing with a sandbag.

Zhang Heng and Varo didn't look much and walked straight through the courtyard to their destination. The three rooms behind the courtyard symbolized hot water bath, warm water bath and cold water bath respectively.

Varro quickly took off his clothes, leaving only a belt around his waist, which made him look a bit like Tarzan. Varro put the clothes into a cabinet nearby, then turned to Zhang Heng and said, " Come on, my oriental friend, I bet you’ll love what’s coming next.”

"You'd better not say such confusing words to me when you are dressed like this." Zhang Heng said while taking off his clothes.

The two of them walked into the smallest hot-water bathroom on the left one after another. As soon as he opened the door, Zhang Heng felt a heat wave. In addition, there was also steaming white water vapor. The stone pillars in the bathroom Faintly visible in it.