Public Baths and Bathing Habits in Late Antiquity
A Study of the Evidence from Italy, North Africa and Palestine A. D. 285-700
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Word Count
125,750 words, Guess
Page Count
503 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139789004418721
- ISBN-109004418725
- Library of Congress Control Number2019048147
- OCLC Control Number1111947933
- Better World Books9789004418721
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL34935367M
Classifications
- LCCDG97.M165 2020
- LCCDG97 .M165 2020
Description
"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."--
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