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A dazzling combination of pool and building structure has been used to
create the famous natatio pool.  You wonder at the sheer number of workers
it must have taken to produce such a fine swimming and bathing facility. 
The predominant pool water casts a reflective blue on the building walls and
columns, it creates an eerie glow upon the entire room.  Directly in front
of you are a number of large marble steps that lead into the pool, it
appears to be roughly 9 feet deep here in the shallow end, with the deep end
being almost twice as deep.  To your south is a small narrow walkway that
leads to the three main baths, the caldarium, tepidarium, and frigidarium.  
A man wades through the waters as he bathes himself.