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Florian Fuchs, Kempten
It must have been a stately building, 800 square meters, at least two stories. “In the western end of Cambodunum,” says Kempten’s city archaeologist Maike Sieler, so it’s the best location. This is also evidenced by the private thermal baths, which the former landlord had installed, including underfloor heating. The thermal bath was equipped with a raised mortar floor, well sealed on all edges. A fire on the outer wall constantly blew hot air into the cavity, causing the floor above and thus the hot bath room to heat up so much that it was impossible to enter without clogs. “This is the pinnacle of Roman architecture,” says excavation leader Salvatore Ortisi, professor of provincial archeology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), about the uncovered house.