The contribution proposes the analysis of literary and archaeological sources in order to clarify particular aspects of thermal culture in the late antiquity. In this period a new way of ‘thinking’ the balnea gradually emerged: for a long period the heritage of the intense thermal practice of Roman times survives, but it progressively changes to adapt its nature to the needs of a new Christian morality and to the changed conditions of the historical and social order
S. Santelia, Terme e salute nella tarda antichità: testimonianze letterarie e contesti archeologici
santelia
2022-01-01
Abstract
The contribution proposes the analysis of literary and archaeological sources in order to clarify particular aspects of thermal culture in the late antiquity. In this period a new way of ‘thinking’ the balnea gradually emerged: for a long period the heritage of the intense thermal practice of Roman times survives, but it progressively changes to adapt its nature to the needs of a new Christian morality and to the changed conditions of the historical and social orderFile in questo prodotto:
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