sphaeristerium
Sign in to saveSphaeristerium (Latin; from the Greek σφαιριστήριον; from σφαῖρα, ball) is a term in Classical architecture given to a large open space connected with the Roman thermae for exercise with balls after the bather had been anointed. They were also provided in Roman villas.
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- Sferisteri
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- Sferisterio di Macerata
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Sphaeristerium (Latin; from the Greek σφαιριστήριον; from σφαῖρα, ball) is a term in Classical architecture given to a large open space connected with the Roman thermae for exercise with balls after the bather had been anointed. They were also provided in Roman villas.
== Sports == right|thumb|Sferisterio delle Cascine at Florence, 19th century
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