Bathing in the Roman world /
| Other Authors: | Yegl�, Fikret K., 1941- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Popularity of Roman bathing culture
- Bathing rituals and activities
- Critics of Roman bathing : ethical and moral concerns
- Origins and development of Roman baths and bathing
- Heating and water supply systems of Roman baths
- Architecture of Roman baths
- Provincial baths of North Africa
- Baths and bathing in Asia Minor : the gymnastic tradition
- Bathing and baths in the East during the late Antique and Byzantine periods : new paradigms of social use
- Transformations of Roman baths and bathing in Christian and Islamic societies
- Baths, bathing, and cleanliness in postclassical European societies.