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Thermalism in the Roman provinces the role of medicinal mineral waters across the Empire edited by Silvia Gonzalez Soutelo
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Archaeopress Roman archaeology 117
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Rome.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Medicine, Greek and Roman.
- Mineral waters--Therapeutic use--Rome.
- Mineral waters.
- Roman provinces--History.
- Roman provinces.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. 2024
- Summary:
- This book is focused on the role of thermal establishments with mineral-medicinal waters in the different territories of the Roman Empire, including their symbiosis with the landscape as well as the ways in which their construction was adapted to give greater comfort to those who came to take advantage of their health-giving properties
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Authors
- Introduction
- Silvia González Soutelo
- 1. Adaptations to Topographical and Geological Conditions. Healing Spas Over the Territory
- The Roman Thermal Spa of Aquae Iasae, Varaždinske Toplice (Croatia)
- Dora KUŠAN ŠPALJ
- Nikoleta PEROK
- Healing Spas in the Arverni Territory (France, Auvergne Rhône Alpes)
- Lise AUGUSTIN-ROLLAND
- Élise NECTOUX
- Hélène DARTEVELLE
- Bertrand DOUSTEYSSIER
- Élise FOVET
- Gabriel ROCQUE
- 2. Healing Spas in Context. The Role of Bathing Establishments in the territory
- Banja Bansko (R.N. Macedonia). Through Time and Space
- Vane P. SEKULOV
- Ceremonial Buildings at Thermo-Mineral Springs: the Example of Via Scavi at Montegrotto Terme
- Maddalena BASSANI
- Aquae Helveticae Becomes Baden (Switzerland). from the Roman Vicus to the Medieval Town
- Andrea SCHAER
- Repositioning a Spa in Space and Time: the Bagneres-de-Bigorre Spa (Hautes-Pyrénées, France)
- Laurent COSTA
- Richard SABATIER
- 3. Healing Spas and Ancient Roads. Pilgrims and visitors to thermal sites.
- Ad Aquas... Some Observations on the Correlation Between Accessibility and Development of Thermal Sites in Roman Thrace1
- Mariya AVRAMOVA
- Thermalism and Road System in the African Roman Provinces. A Focus on Roman Algeria
- Paola ZANOVELLO
- Jacopo TURCHETTO
- Nunc Baias petamus: A Visit to the Roman Elite Spa Town from an Archaeological Perspective
- Matthias NIEBERLE
- Architecture Adapted to Thermal Springs. Some Examples of Roman Engineering Solutions to Thermo-Mineral Water Abstraction in the Western Empire
- Matteo MARCATO
- Silvia GONZÁLEZ SOUTELO
- The Use of Thermal and Medicinal Waters in Aquincum (Budapest, Hungary)
- Gabriella FÉNYES
- The Role of Statues in the Thermal Springs of the Province of Asia During the Roman Imperial Period
- Ahmet YARAŞ
- Gamze ÜSKÜPLÜ AKGÜL
- Space and Place Around the Sacred Pool of Bagno Grande at San Casciano Dei Bagni (Toscany, Italy)
- Jacopo TABOLLI
- Emanuele MARIOTTI
- Transformation of Residential Architecture into Private and Public Baths in Late Antique Baiae
- Gioconda DI LUCA
- The Roman Healing Spa of Termas de São Vicente (Penafiel, Portugal) and Its Surroundings in Roman Times and Late Antiquity
- Teresa SOEIRO
- Helena BERNARDO
- Jorge SAMPAIO
- The Exploitation of Natural Resources at Aquae Flauiae (Chaves, Portugal)
- Sérgio CARNEIRO
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Thermalism in the Roman provinces
- ISBN:
- 1803277769
- 9781803277769
- OCLC:
- 1457972758
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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