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A Cultural History of Bathing in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium

A Cultural History of Bathing in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium

Zytka, Michal

Hardcover

BeautyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0815354096
ISBN13: 9780815354093
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 21 2019
Pages: 204
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book discusses social, religious and medical attitudes towards bathing in Late Antiquity. It examines the place of bathing in late Roman and early Byzantine society as seen in the literary, historical, and documentary sources from the late antique period.

The author argues that bathing became one of the most important elements in defining what it meant to be a Roman; indeed, the social and cultural value of bathing in the context of late Roman society more than justified the efforts and expense put into preserving bathing establishments and the associated culture.

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