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- "Marcus in piscina natat."
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Piscina is a swimming pool/a pond/a fish pond/a water tank/a public bath/a private bath/a place to wash your clothes;
= all kind of bodies of water
Swimming in a pond is quite possible. If you make an internet search, you'll see than even nowadays, a lot of people in the world do that.
I'm pretty sure than Romans did the same in natural ponds. Why couldn't they? We tend to project a lot of modern cultural reluctances on them.
JMSHG
209
Perce neige, Even if you are right, it was not a reason for refusing the translation of piscina : swimming-pool !
Kyihsin
324
I agree with the comments that "swimming pool" should be accepted (which is not to say it's the ONLY translation that should be accepted!)