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The Roman heating system was called a hypocaust. How did Romans heat their homes?Rich Romans liked to be warm and cosy. They had central heating at home, in villas and in public baths. The heating system was kept going by slaves, who kept a fire blazing in a furnace to heat warm air. The warm air moved around the building through spaces under the floors and between the walls.
The water was heated by the central heating system similar to the ones Romans used in their homes, this was called a hypocaust system. The layout of a Roman Bath A public bath was built around three principal rooms: 1  a warm one called the tepidarium. 2  a hot one called the caldarium, where slaves would rub their masters all over with perfumed oil and then scrape it of with a knife called a strigil. 3  a big cold bath called the frigidarium to swim in.