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Darrera modificació: 2021-06-30
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Maréchal, Sadi, Public Baths and Bathing Habits in Late Antiquity: A Study of the Evidence from Italy, North Africa and Palestine A.D. 285-700, Leiden, Brill (Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series), 6), 2020, 504 pp.
- Resum
- In this book Sadi Maréchal examines the survival, transformation and eventual decline of Roman public baths and bathing habits in Italy, North Africa and Palestine during Late Antiquity. Through the analysis of archaeological remains, ancient literature, inscriptions and papyri, the continued importance of bathhouses as social hubs within the urban fabric is demonstrated, thus radically altering common misconceptions of their decline through the rise of Christianity and elite seclusion. Persistent ideas about health and hygiene, as well as perpetuating ideas of civic self-esteem, drove people to build, restore and praise these focal points of daily life when other classical buildings were left to crumble.
Conté:
*Introduction · 1–9
*Chapter 1 General Introduction to Roman Baths and Earlier Research on Late Antique Baths · 10–33
*Chapter 2 Written Evidence of Baths · 34–90
*Chapter 3 Archaeological Evidence · 91–182
*Chapter 4 Continuity and Change in Late Antique Public Baths and Bathing Habits · 183–222
*Epilogue—The Transition to the Hammams · 223–224
*General Concluding Remarks and Prospects for Future Research · 225–226
*Appendix 1 Late Antique Inscriptions Mentioning Baths ·227–243
*Appendix 2 Late Antique Papyri Mentioning Baths · 244–249
*Appendix 3 Lists of Late Antique Baths, Possible Baths and Continued Use of Baths · 250–258
*Gazetteer · 259–455
- Matèries
- Arqueologia
Medicina - Dietètica i higiene
- URL
- https://brill.com/view/title/35793
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