Bathing in the Roman world

1. Verfasser: Yegül, Fikret K., 1941-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Schlagworte:
Bad
Islam > de
Rom
iDAI.gazetteer: Nordafrika
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.