Where did hypocaust originate?
Score: 4.3/5 (53 votes) Hypocaust (ὑπόκαυστον; hypocaustum), a raised floor heated from below by a furnace (ὑπόκαυσις; praefurnium). Elementary types are found in some Hellenistic baths (Gortys in Arcadia; Gela in Sicily) but the fully developed system originated in central Italy and is already fo...