Guide
The Roman Baths stand on Çankırı Caddesi in the Ulus district of Ankara, on the western side of the street, raised on a platform two and a half metres above it. The site is a mound, and excavation in 1938 found Phrygian, Roman and Byzantine levels in it along with partial traces of the Seljuk and Ottoman periods.
Further work between 1940 and 1943 uncovered the building itself, which falls into two parts: the palaestra, the open exercise court, and the enclosed bath. Coins found during the excavations suggest the bath was built in the reign of Caracalla, between AD 212 and 217.
Excavation continued between 2007 and 2011 on the colonnaded street running north-east of the palaestra, bringing to light the architecture of the shops that opened onto it, and among the important finds from that work was a colossal statue of an emperor. Any public transport heading towards the Ulus monument serves the site; the address is Çankırı Caddesi No: 43, Ulus.
