A Cultural History of Bathing in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium

by Michal Zytka

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815354096
• ISBN13: 9780815354093
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"