Bathing in public in the Roman world / Garrett G. Fagan.

Por: Fagan, Garrett G, 1963-Tipo de material: TextoTextoDetalles de publicación: Ann Arbor [Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2002. Descripción: XIII, 437 p., [12] h. de lám. ; 23 cmISBN: 0-472-08865-3Tema(s): Salud pública -- Roma | Roma -- Antigüedades | Roma -- Vida social y costumbresResumen: For Romans, bathing was a social event. Public baths, in fact, were one of the few places where large numbers of Romans gathered daily in an informal context. They went to meet friends, drink wine, pick up sexual partners, and generally while away the idle afternoon hours. Despite the disapproval of the morally superior, the popularity of the baths endured for over a millennium and spread to every corner of the Roman world. This book is the first to study the Roman public bathing experience primarily as a historical, social, and cultural phenomenon rather than a technological or architectural one.
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For Romans, bathing was a social event. Public baths, in fact, were one of the few places where large numbers of Romans gathered daily in an informal context. They went to meet friends, drink wine, pick up sexual partners, and generally while away the idle afternoon hours. Despite the disapproval of the morally superior, the popularity of the baths endured for over a millennium and spread to every corner of the Roman world. This book is the first to study the Roman public bathing experience primarily as a historical, social, and cultural phenomenon rather than a technological or architectural one.

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