Public baths and bathing habits in late antiquity : a study of the evidence from Italy, North Africa and Palestine A.D. 285-700 /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maréchal, Sadi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, [2020]
Colección:Late antique archaeology. Supplementary series ; v. 6.
Temas:
Baths, Roman > Italy.
Baths, Roman > Africa, North.
Baths, Roman > Palestine.
Public baths > Italy.
Public baths > Africa, North.
Public baths > Palestine.
Bathing customs > History.
Thermes (Bains publics) > Afrique du Nord.
Thermes (Bains publics) > Palestine.
Bains publics > Italie.
Bains publics > Afrique du Nord.
Bains publics > Palestine.
Bains > Histoire.
Antiquities
Bathing customs
Baths, Roman
Public baths
Rome > Antiquities.
Rome > Antiquités.
Italy
Middle East > Palestine
North Africa
Rome (Empire)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 503 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:9789004419421
900441942X
ISSN:2352-5177 ;

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