Roman citizens valued cleanlines almost above all other daily actions. In fact bathing was a compulsory action before participating in any type of religious practice. Often, There were small bathhouses located near a religiouse temple. These bathhouses were at one point only found in the homes of very wealthy romans, due to the trouble of plumbing. But by the fourth century A.D., There were 1,000 public bath buildings in Rome. Nearly one bath for every single Roman city!!! These baths were all different sizes. some could only accomidate 300, while others could accomidate 3,000. One very famous roman is Bath. Bath was established in the first century A.C..This Roman bath was actually located in a town called Bath(how fitting!),London. Now, you might be wondering why a roman bath would be located in england. Well, at one point the roman empire extended outward into many other countries, sweeping its culture along with it.