Editing Abano Terme (section)

==History==
The baths were known to the Romans as ''[[Aponus|Aponi]] fons'' or ''Aquae Patavinae''. A description of them is given in a letter to [[Theodoric the Great|Theodoric]], the king of the [[Ostrogoths]], from [[Cassiodorus]]. Some remains of the ancient baths have been discovered (S. Mandruzzato, ''Trattato dei Bagni d'Abano,'' Padua, 1789).  An [[oracle]] of [[Geryon]] lay near, and the so-called ''sortes Praenestinae'' (C.I.L. i., Berlin, 1863; 1438–1454), small bronze cylinders inscribed, and used as oracles, were perhaps found here in the 16th century.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Abano Bagni|volume=1|page=7}}</ref>

The baths were destroyed by the [[Lombards]] in the 6th century, but they were rebuilt and enlarged when Abano became an autonomous [[medieval commune|comune]] in the 12th century and, again, in the late 14th century. The city was under the [[Republic of Venice]] from 1405 to 1797.