Ankara Roman Bath or Caracalla Bath; is a Roman bath located in the Altindag district of Ankara. The structure, which is currently located within the boundaries of the Hacı Bayram Neighborhood, was built on a mound, the first layer of which dates back to the Phrygian period. Roman Bath, which is located on Çankırı Street extending from Ulus Square to Yıldırım Beyazit Square, about 400 meters away from Ulus, to the west of the road, at a height of about 2.5 meters from the street, III. It was built in the century by the Roman Emperor Caracalla (212-217), the son of Septimius Severus, in the name of the God of Health Asklepion. Today, this platform, called the Roman Bath, is a mound, Roman Age at the top (partly Byzantine and Selcuk floors), Phrygian Age settlement remains have been identified below it. The bathhouse is 80 x 130 meters in size, made of stone and brick. With its entrance on Çankırı Street, one enters the place called Palaestra, which spreads over a wide area surrounded by the remains of a columned portico and where physical education and wrestling are held. There are many written columns with four corners and round on the colonnaded road located on the right side of this section.

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