{"product_id":"public-baths-and-bathing-habits-in-late-antiquity-a-study-of-the-evidence-from-italy-north-africa-and-palestine-a-d-285-700-9789004418721","title":"Public Baths and Bathing Habits in Late Antiquity: A Study of the Evidence from Italy, North Africa and Palestine A.D. 285-700","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book will be a welcome reference resource to scholars interested in the intersection between society and the urban built environment in the Late Antique Roman world. [...] This is a work of reference which interested academics will find to be a welcome resource for understanding Late Antique built environments. Maréchal pays strict attention to space and time and casts a very wide net for the types of data catalogued in this volume. The eight urban case studies in particular offer a comprehensive view of Late Antique cities as spaces that constantly changed alongside the needs of their residents. Maréchal keeps his readers cognizant that this study covers well-trodden ground—indeed the introduction even opens with the question ‘Why Baths Again?’—but the study’s strengths lie in the meticulous manner in which the data has been collected. By assembling data from hundreds of archaeological reports, standardizing representations of their plans, supplementing them with maps and colour photographs, and summarizing their findings in English, this volume significantly increases accessibility for non-specialist scholars to all manner of evidence for one of the most defining features of life in Late Antique cities\". Douglas Whalin, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, June 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword  List of Illustrations  Abbreviations  Introduction   Why Baths Again?   General Aims and Outline of the Research   Geographical Framework   Chronological Framework   Methodology and Sources   The Structure of the Book   Notes on Terminology   Notes on Abbreviations    1 General Introduction to Roman Baths and Earlier Research on  Late Antique Baths   General Introduction to Roman Baths and Bathing Habits   Technology of the Baths   The Functioning of the Heating System   Water Management of Baths   Decoration   Popularity of Bathhouses   Earlier Research on Late Antique Baths    2 Written Evidence of Baths   Late Antique Literature   Legal Documents   Epigraphic Evidence   Papyrological Evidence    3 Archaeological Evidence   Introduction   Rome   Ostia   Cuicul   Thamugadi   Carthage   Sufetula   Ptolemais   Scythopolis   Archaeological Evidence of Early Hammams    4 Continuity and Change in Late Antique Public Baths and Bathing Habits   Architecture   Bath Technology   Public Baths and Their Contexts   Decay or Continuity of Baths and Bathing Habits    Epilogue—The Transition to the Hammams   General Concluding Remarks and Prospects for Future Research    Appendix 1: Late Antique Inscriptions Mentioning Baths   Introduction   Inscriptions from the Italian Peninsula   Inscriptions from North Africa   Inscriptions from Palestina    Appendix 2: Late Antique Papyri Mentioning Baths    Appendix 3: Lists of Late Antique Baths, Possible Baths and Continued Use  of Baths  Glossary  Bibliography   Primary Sources   Modern Sources    Gazetteer    Introduction   Key to the General Plans   Baths in the Italian Peninsula, Sicily and Sardinia   Baths in Roman North Africa   New Construction   Baths in Cyrenaica   Baths in Egypt   Ecclesiastical Baths   Fortress Baths   Baths in Palestina  Index  Late Antique Archaeology","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210789478743,"sku":"9789004418721","price":208.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/public-baths-and-bathing-habits-in-late-antiquity-a-study-of-the-evidence-from-italy-north-africa-and-palestine-a-d-285-700-9789004418721","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}