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…showed last 75 words of 697 total…to the bathing facilities found in Pompeii, these had shops, lecture halls, elaborate gymnasiums, gardens, and libraries. The public baths were the center of social life and a place for relaxation and recreation. Many works of art were discovered in the ruins. Cicero probably visited the public baths at least once a day, to relieve the stress given to him by Catiline. These baths are now a major historical and tourist attraction around Eastern Europe.