Editorial: Cambridge University Press
Colección: Cambridge Classical Studies
Número de páginas: 238 págs. 17.0 x 24.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 01-03-2023
EAN: 9781108717458
ISBN: 978-1-108-71745-8
Precio (sin IVA): 37,43 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 38,93 €
This book begins by exploring how Georgian and Victorian antiquaries developed our modern story of a healing sanctuary at Roman Bath. It shows that a curative function for the sanctuary is in fact unsupported by the archaeological evidence. It then retells the story of Roman Bath by focusing on three interlinked aspects: the entanglement of the sanctuary with Roman imperialism, the role of the hot springs in the lives of worshipers, and Bath's place within the wider world of the western Roman Empire.