Bathing in the Roman world
By: Fikret Yegul.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521549622
Subjects: Bathing customs -- Rome; Water-use -- Social aspects -- Rome; Hygiene -- Rome; Public baths -- Rome; Baths, Roman; Rome -- Social life and customs; Rome -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Popularity of bathing in Roman culture; title: Bathing rituals and activities; title: Critics of Roman bathing : ethical and moral questions; title: Origins and development of Roman baths and bathing; title: Heating and water supply systems of Roman baths; title: Architecture of Roman baths; title: Provincial baths of North Africa; title: Baths and bathing in Asia Minor : the gymnastic tradition; title: Bathing and baths in the East during the late Antique and Byzantine periods : new paradigms of social use; title: Transformations of Roman baths and bathing in Christian and Islamic societies; title: Baths, bathing, and cleanliness in post-Classical European societies.