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Hypocaustum system - Roman heating system

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Updated: Aug 7, 2020



 

An ancient Roman heating system, comprising a hollow space under the floor of a building, into which hot air was directed.


The hypocaust is a system of central heating in a building that produces and circulates hot air below the floor of a room, and may also warm the walls with a series of pipes through

which the hot air passes. This warm air can also warm the upper floors as well.



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