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Pilae stacks are stacks ofpilae tiles, square or round tiles, that were used in Roman times as an element of theunderfloor heating system,^[1] common inRoman bathhouses, called thehypocaust. The concept of the pilae stacks is that the floor is constructed at an elevated position, allowing air to freely circulate underneath and up, through the hollow bricks, into the structure walls. Examples of such baths are found not only inRome, but also in distant parts of the Roman Empire such asRoman Britain, orChellah, in modern-dayMorocco.^[2]

This architectural technique was the first form of underfloor heating and the same principle is still used today.

• Ceramic building material – Archaeological term for baked clay building material
• Thermae, also known as Roman baths – Public facilities for bathing in ancient Rome
• Suspensura – Pier of bricks to support a floor over a hypocaust

• C. Michael Hogan. 2008.Chellah, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
• J.H. Middleton. 1892.The Remains of Ancient Rome, Published by Adam and Charles Black, v.2

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