• hypocaust
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○○○ ahead ⪢⪢
Our first discovery is one that archeologists know the function of but we can't imagine how the Roman's were able to come up with something so many centuries ahead of its time.
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○○○ Bath ⪢⪢
Examples of hypocaust systems have been found all over former Roman territories but the best preserved examples are in Bath, England.
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○○○ favor ⪢⪢
Somehow the idea fell out of favor after the collapse of the Roman Empire.
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Pillow English Listening

○○○ furnace ⪢⪢
It's a two-foot gap beneath the floor supported by pillars into which warm air would rush from a furnace in the corner of the room.
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○○○ gap ⪢⪢
Later hypocausts also included gaps between the walls so heat could flow throughout the house.
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○○○ hypocaust ⪢⪢
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○○○ light ⪢⪢
So long as the furnace remained lit a Roman home could kept warm even in the coldest months of the winter.
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○○○ luxury ⪢⪢
That's a luxury that most people in the world don't have today.
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○○○ underfloor ⪢⪢
As hard as this might be to believe, the Romans had underfloor heating in their homes 2000 years ago.
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