Roman Bath Discovered
Title | Roman Bath Discovered PDF eBook |
Author | Barry W. Cunliffe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2000-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780752419282 |
The finding, in 1727, of the gilded bronze head of the Roman goddess Minerva during the construction of the famous Stall Street led to the discovery of the Roman temple and of the baths. Since then archaeologists have discovered more and more about the Roman city of Aquae Sulis. In this new edition of a work first published almost thirty years ago, Professor Cunliffe brings the story right up to date. He deals in detail with the temple and its precinct and with the 'curse tablets' which have been deciphered to reveal the thoughts of Roman visitors. He then explains just how the bathing establishment was organized and explores the relationship between the spa and the town. We learn what life was like for the local inhabitants as well as for the visitors. Finally, he charts the process of decline and decay during the 300 years after the Roman period.
The Story of Roman Bath
Title | The Story of Roman Bath PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Southern |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1445615908 |
A comprehensive history of Roman Bath
Roman Bath
Title | Roman Bath PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Davenport |
Publisher | The History Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2021-07-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0750996439 |
For almost three hundred years, excavations have been carried out in Roman Bath. At first these were rare and sporadic and archaeological finds were made by chance. Even fewer were reported. But from the 1860s, deliberate investigations were made and increasingly professional methods employed. The Roman Baths were laid open to view, but little was published. From the 1950s, interest accelerated, professionals and amateurs collaborated, and there was never a decade in which some new discovery was not made. The first popular but authoritative presentation of this work was made in 1971 and updated several times. However, from the 1990s to the present there has been some sort of archaeological investigation almost every year. This has thrown much new and unexpected light on the town of Aquae Sulis and its citizens. In this book, Peter Davenport, having been involved in most of the archaeological work in Bath since 1980, attempts to tell the story of Roman Bath: the latest interim report on the 'Three Hundred Year Dig'.
Bathing in Public in the Roman World
Title | Bathing in Public in the Roman World PDF eBook |
Author | Garrett G. Fagan |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9780472088652 |
An uninhibited glance into the extensive baths of Rome
Sacred Britannia
Title | Sacred Britannia PDF eBook |
Author | Miranda Aldhouse-green |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-08-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 050025222X |
A compelling new account of religion in Roman Britain, weaving together the latest archaeological research and a new analysis of ancient literature to illuminate parallels between past and present Two thousand years ago, the Romans sought to absorb into their empire what they regarded as a remote, almost mythical island on the very edge of the known world—Britain. The expeditions of Julius Caesar and the Claudian invasion of 43 CE, up to the traditional end of Roman Britain in the fifth century CE, brought fundamental and lasting changes to the island. Not least among these was a pantheon of new classical deities and religious systems, along with a clutch of exotic eastern cults, including Christianity. But what homegrown deities, cults, and cosmologies did the Romans encounter in Britain, and how did the British react to the changes? Under Roman rule, the old gods and their adherents were challenged, adopted, adapted, absorbed, and reconfigured. Miranda Aldhouse- Green balances literary, archaeological, and iconographic evidence (and scrutinizes the shortcomings of each) to illuminate the complexity of religion and belief in Roman Britain. She examines the two-way traffic of cultural exchange and the interplay between imported and indigenous factions to reveal how this period on the cusp between prehistory and history knew many of the same tensions, ideologies, and issues of identity still relevant today.
Public Baths and Bathing Habits in Late Antiquity
Title | Public Baths and Bathing Habits in Late Antiquity PDF eBook |
Author | Sadi Maréchal |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Bathing customs |
ISBN | 9789004418721 |
This book examines the survival, transformation and eventual decline of Roman public baths and bathing habits in Italy, North Africa and Palestine during Late Antiquity.
The Feast of Roses
Title | The Feast of Roses PDF eBook |
Author | Indu Sundaresan |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2003-05-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0743481968 |
"A rich historical tapestry...Sundaresan colors the life of a fascinating woman whose female wiles inspired the Taj Mahal" (Booklist). The love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa, begun in the critically praised debut novel The Twentieth Wife, continues in Indu Sundaresan's lush second novel, The Feast of Roses. Here, Mehrunnisa comes into Jahangir's harem as his twentieth and last wife. This time Jahangir has married for love, and members of his court are worried that Mehrunnisa could exert control over their futures. Their concerns are well founded. Mehrunnisa soon becomes the most powerful woman in the Mughal Empire in spite of a formidable rival in the imperial harem who has schemed and plotted against her from the start. She rules from behind the veil, securing her status by forming a junta of sorts with her father, brother, and stepson -- and risking it all, even her daughter, to get what she wants. But she never loses the love of the man who bestows this power upon her....