Rethinking the concept of 'healing settlements' : water, cults, constructions and contexts in the ancient world : Roman Archaeology Conference 2016 : proceedings of the session of study (nr. 27), Sapienza University, Aula 'Partenone', 17th March 2016 /

This volume brings together papers dealing with therapeutic aspects connected to thermo-mineral sites both in Italy and in the Roman Provinces, as well as cultic issues surrounding health and healing. The first part of the book consists of contributions that are focused on the numerous problems conc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Roman Archaeology Conference Rome, Italy
Otros Autores: Bassani, Maddalena (Editor ), Bolder-Boos, Marion (Editor ), Fusco, Ugo, 1970- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019]
Colección:Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; v. 52.
Temas:
Medicine, Greek and Roman > Congresses.
Mineral waters > Therapeutic use > Rome > Congresses.
Healing > Rome > Congresses.
Sacred space > Rome > Congresses.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Balneology > history
Religion and Medicine
Spiritual Therapies > history
Roman World > history
History, Ancient
Médecine grecque et romaine > Congrès.
Guérison > Rome > Congrès.
Lieux sacrés > Rome > Congrès.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
Healing.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Mineral waters > Therapeutic use.
Sacred space.
Rome (Empire)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Christopher Smith
  • Part I. Thermo-mineral waters : from Italy to the Roman provinces. Methodological aspects / Maddalena Bassani, Ugo Fusco
  • Shrines and healing waters in ancient Italy. Buildings, cults, deities / Maddalena Bassani
  • The thermo-mineral springs at Veii (RM) and its territory : new discoveries and old excavations / Ugo Fusco
  • Cult and healing water in Roman Gaul / Matteo Marcato
  • Places of worship and healing water in Roman Germaniae and Raetia / Cecilia Zanetti
  • Healing by water : therapy and religion in the Roman spas of the Iberian Peninsula / Sérgìo Carneiro and Silvia González Soutelo
  • Preliminary considerations on thermal spas in the eastern Roman provinces : the case of Asia Minor / Emanuela Borgia
  • Roman healing settlements in Bulgaria : past scholarship and future perspectives / Mariya Avramova
  • Before the Hammam : the ancient spas of Roman North Africa / Jens Koehler
  • Part II. Cult places and healing. Cult places and healing : some preliminary remarks / Marion Bolder-Boos and Annalisa Calapà
  • Sacred caves and 'fertility cults'. Some considerations about cave sanctuaries in Etruria / Annalisa Calapà
  • Hercules and healing / Marion Bolder-Boos
  • Lacus and Lucus : lakes and groves as markers of healing cults in central Italy / Ingrid Edlund-Berry and Jean M. Turfa
  • Nomina Nuda Tenemus? The epigraphical records of dedications in two healing sanctuaries in Athens and in Oropos / Maria Elena Gorrini
  • Results and future prospects / Francesca Ghedini and Paola Zanovello.

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