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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maréchal, Sadi, author.

Contributor:

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Series:

Late antique archaeology. Supplementary series ; v. 6.

Late antique archaeology (supplementary series), 2352-5177 ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bathing customs.

History.

Public baths.

Baths, Roman.

Rome--Antiquities.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Antiquities.

Italy.

Middle East--Palestine.

North Africa.

Baths, Roman--Italy.

Baths, Roman--Africa, North.

Baths, Roman--Palestine.

Public baths--Italy.

Public baths--Africa, North.

Public baths--Palestine.

Bathing customs--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 503 pages ; 30 cm.

Other Title:

Study of the evidence from Italy, North Africa and Palestine A.D. 285-700

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

"In this book Sadi Mar�echal 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."-- Provided by publisher.

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

"In this book Sadi Marï¿1/2echal 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

ISBN:

9789004418721

9004418725

OCLC:

1111947933

Publisher Number:

99983909930