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In open Access: https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781803277752. This book is focused on the role of thermal establishments with mineral-medicinal waters in the different territories of the Roman Empire, including their symbiosis with the landscape as well as the ways in which their construction was adapted to give greater comfort to those who came to take advantage of their health-giving properties.
In our current research project entitled 'Spas in the Western Empire: the technological and social impact of Rome in the exploitation of mineral-medicinal water', we attempt to identify the characteristics of Roman spas, in contrast to those baths that used ordinary water, in order to understand their meaning and function. One of the most difficult and interesting topics to develop in our study is the need to recognise the role of medicine in these establishments within the context of health and religion. Therefore, in this paper, we try to show some of the more representative evidence of this duality, starting with the evolution and development of Roman spas.
Sanitas per Aquam. Tagungsband des Internationalen Frontinus-Syposiums zur Technik- und Kulturgeschichte der antiken Thermen (Aachen. March 18-22, 2009). Babesch Suppl. 21, Leuven, Bélgica, 79-88.
González Soutelo, S. (2012): ‘Thermal Spas in the Roman Age: An approximation to the architectonic configuration of baths with mineral-medicinal water in Hispania’.Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie I, Prehistoria y Arqueología
Shall we go «Ad Aquas»? Putting Roman healing spas on the map = ¿Nos vamos «Ad Aqvas»?: Poniendo los balnearios romanos en el mapa2019 •
Bath constructions are today among other monuments one of the better preserved and studied monuments of the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, there remains a significant research gap as to the nature of water exploited within. The mineral-medicinal waters, in fact, conditioned not only the location, but also the function and, consequently, the architecture of these features. Hence, one of the main objectives of our current study is to highlight the main architectonic and functional characteristics of these bathing complexes. This paper thus advances a first distribution map specifically defining the spread of the better preserved and/or better documented spas using mineral-medicinal waters in the Roman Empire (henceforth referred to as healing or thermal spas/baths). This study also advances the current state of research on the question, some of the main characteristics of these types of complexes, as well as some of the drawbacks to their study.ResumenHoy en día los edificios de baños so...
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To the ancient mind water—especially the ‘living’ water of springs, rivers, and lakes—was sacred and possessed a power to cleanse or heal unlike any other natural substance. This paper argues that in the pre-imperial history of bathing, seeking the waters for treatment was a fundamental and widespread act that also had religious implications. The case is made on the basis of ancient texts and archaeological evidence from thermal springs in Italy during the 4th-1st centuries BCE. Several ancient authors who practiced medicine and wrote on medical topics recommended hydrotherapy in various forms (bathing, drinking, sweating in vapour) for a range of maladies and conditions. But authors with interests outside medicine also praised many springs in Italy well known for their therapeutic benefits. Votive objects (anatomical models, figurines, ceramic vessels) and structural remains—from the Po River valley to Apulia—corroborate the popularity of thermal sites and also attest a close association between bathing, healing and ritual acts. The common thread among many of these sites is Etruscan presence, but in the Po valley it is possible that 5th-century BCE remains attest a continuation of older Celtic practices. If the later Roman habit of bathing in the great imperial thermae was devoid of religious observance, it may only be because the water was piped in. Statues of the gods added to the luxurious ambience of Roman baths, but they seem not to have been objects of veneration. This paper suggests that their presence may allude to a more complex and much older synthesis of healing, bathing and religious devotion.
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Bathing constructions are currently one of the better preserved and studied monuments of the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, there remains a significant research gap as to the nature of water exploited within. The mineral-medicinal waters, in fact, conditioned not only the location, but also the function and, consequently, the architecture of these features. Hence, one of the main objectives of our current study is to highlight some of the main architectonic and functional characteristics of these bathing complexes from a selection of the better preserved and/or better documented spas using mineral-medicinal waters in the Roman Empire (henceforth referred to as healing or thermal spas/baths). This paper thus presents an initial distribution map, reviews the current state of research on this subject as well as some of the drawbacks to their study.
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Preliminary Considerations on Thermal Spas in the Eastern Roman Provinces: the Case of Asia MinorLoading Preview
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