Which level of the baths mostly survives?

The service level below the halls

Antonine Baths Quiz: Carthage's Giant Roman Bathhouse by the Sea

This Antonine Baths quiz explores the ruins of the largest Roman baths in Africa, on the seafront at Carthage in Tunisia. Play 10 interactive questions on Emperor Antoninus Pius, the cold, warm and hot rooms, the service level that survives, a lone column showing the hall's height, the Zaghouan aqueduct, Vandal damage and UNESCO listing.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country holds the ruins of Carthage?
Emperor
Which emperor are the baths named after?
Date
Around when were the baths completed?
Size
How do they rank among Roman baths in Africa?
Setting
Where were the baths built?
Cold
What was the cold room of a Roman bath called?
Remains
Which level of the baths mostly survives?
Column
What shows the old height of the main hall?
Water
Which structure brought water to Carthage?
UNESCO
When was Carthage listed by UNESCO?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country holds the ruins of Carthage?
Answer: Tunisia
They lie near Tunis.
Q2: Which emperor are the baths named after?
Answer: Antoninus Pius
They were finished in his reign.
Q3: Around when were the baths completed?
Answer: The 160s CE
Work began in the 140s.
Q4: How do they rank among Roman baths in Africa?
Answer: The largest
They were among the biggest in the empire.
Q5: Where were the baths built?
Answer: On the seafront
Their windows faced the sea.
Q6: What was the cold room of a Roman bath called?
Answer: Frigidarium
The hot room was the caldarium.
Q7: Which level of the baths mostly survives?
Answer: The service level below the halls
Slaves tended furnaces there.
Q8: What shows the old height of the main hall?
Answer: One re-erected column
It is about 15 m tall.
Q9: Which structure brought water to Carthage?
Answer: The Zaghouan aqueduct
It ran over 100 km.
Q10: When was Carthage listed by UNESCO?
Answer: 1979
The baths are part of it.

Rome's Great Bathhouse at Carthage

After Rome destroyed Punic Carthage in 146 BCE, the city was rebuilt as a Roman capital of Africa. Under Emperor Antoninus Pius, a huge bath complex rose on the seafront, completed in the 160s CE. It was the largest Roman bath in Africa and one of the largest in the empire.

Like other Roman baths, it had a frigidarium for cold plunges, a tepidarium for warm rooms and a caldarium heated by furnaces and hypocausts. Water came by the Zaghouan aqueduct, which ran over 100 km from springs in the hills.

The upper halls collapsed long ago, and later builders reused their stone. What survives is mostly the vaulted service level where slaves fed fires. One re-erected column about 15 m tall hints at the vast hall above. The baths are part of the Archaeological Site of Carthage, listed by UNESCO in 1979.

What This Quiz Teaches

Ancient Rome fans will enjoy these questions.

Who built the baths
How Roman baths worked
Where water came from
What survives today
How Carthage was rebuilt

Did You Know?

A park surrounds the ruins.
Mosaics from Carthage fill the Bardo Museum.
Sea breezes cool the site.
Marble once lined the halls.
Byrsa Hill gives wide views.