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The Baths of Diocletian are among the major monuments of ancient Rome that have been extant for centuries and for centuries re-used and transformed. The paper focuses on the two opposite ways in which this bathing complex – the biggest of the whole Roman Empire – has been perceived: either as a marvelous example of Roman architecture and engineering to preserve, or as a crumbling ruin worth being demolished to give room to modern buildings, streets, and squares.