The Bath of Skolasticia and The Statue of Skolastica

The upper part of this bath, which formed a salon and had central heating, is ruined. There was a swimming pool, having a hot bath (caldarium), a warm bath (tepidarium), a cold bath (frigidarium) and a dressing room (apodyterium). Though the first building of this bath which had three floors, belonged to the 2nd century, a woman named Skolasticia adapted it into the present condition, making it available to hundreds of people in the 4th century. There were not only public rooms, but also private rooms. Those who wished could stay here for many days. The furnance and the large boiler of the heating system which provided heat and hot water for the salon, the rooms, and for a very large bath, were on the first floor. Only a massive arch of the third floor is left.

The Statue of Skolasticia

This is the statue of the woman who had the baths built in Ephesus in such a magnificent way that nobody could help admiring them. Just near this statue was the entrance gate with its five stairs to the road leading to the Great Theatre.