THE ROMAN THERMAE

Marinarilor Blvd., Ovidiu Square - find it on Constanta Map

To the south side of the Roman Edifice with Mosaic are "Therms" (Terme) built in the IV-th century; a large room 300 square meters was provided with marble floor; under it there was the heating-system - "hypocaustum" - which was pushing the hot air up to some narrow ditches. The underground corridors (big clay pipes) - were used as tanks for current water brought from Ovidiu and Palazu Mare towns; asthe water-corridor from Ovidiu town was the biggest in Roman Dobrogea - 3-4 meters under Sea level and the water had to reach the fortress, the Half-Island had to be penetrated. Two corridors have been discovered - one begins under "Modern" beach, reaches "Tomis" Tourist Port (285 meters) - and the other begins here and reaches the Roman mosaic monument (265 meters). They are dug 20 meters down the present town surface, built in Roman brick and cement; they are 1.70 meters high and 0.90 meters wide.

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