Bathing in Public in the Roman World

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

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An uninhibited glance into the extensive baths of Rome

Ostia: Aspects of Roman City Life

Ostia: Aspects of Roman City Life
Title Ostia: Aspects of Roman City Life PDF eBook
Author Gustav Hermansen
Publisher University of Alberta
Pages 284
Release 1981
Genre History
ISBN 9780888640727

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Gustav Hermansen provides a basis for constructive debate on the social and economic life of the Roman city of Ostia. Ostia unveils ancient social history, architecture, city planning, and community life, and is complete with extensive floor plans, photographs, and line drawings.

Ancient Greece and Rome

Ancient Greece and Rome
Title Ancient Greece and Rome PDF eBook
Author Keith Hopwood
Publisher Manchester University Press
Pages 472
Release 1995
Genre History
ISBN 9780719024016

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Sir Thomas Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, was creator and commander of Parliament's New Model Army from 1645 to1650. Although Fairfax emerged as England's most successful commander of the 1640s, this book challenges the orthodoxy that he was purely a military figure, showing how he was not apolitical or disinterested in politics. The book combines narrative and thematic approaches to explore the wider issues of popular allegiance, puritan religion, concepts of honour, image, reputation, memory, gender, literature, and Fairfax's relationship with Cromwell. 'Black Tom' delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally.

The Insulae of Imperial Ostia

The Insulae of Imperial Ostia
Title The Insulae of Imperial Ostia PDF eBook
Author James W. Packer
Publisher
Pages 220
Release 1971
Genre Ostia, Italy
ISBN 9780271004532

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Senses of the Empire

Senses of the Empire
Title Senses of the Empire PDF eBook
Author Eleanor Betts
Publisher Routledge
Pages 262
Release 2017-02-24
Genre History
ISBN 1317057279

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The Roman empire afforded a kaleidoscope of sensations. Through a series of multisensory case studies centred on people, places, buildings and artefacts, and on specific aspects of human behaviour, this volume develops ground-breaking methods and approaches for sensory studies in Roman archaeology and ancient history. Authors explore questions such as: what it felt like, and symbolised, to be showered with saffron at the amphitheatre; why the shape of a dancer’s body made him immediately recognisable as a social outcast; how the dramatic gestures, loud noises and unforgettable smells of a funeral would have different meanings for members of the family and for bystanders; and why feeling the weight of a signet ring on his finger contributed to a man’s sense of identity. A multisensory approach is taken throughout, with each chapter exploring at least two of the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. The contributors’ individual approaches vary, reflecting the possibilities and the wide application of sensory studies to the ancient world. Underlying all chapters is a conviction that taking a multisensory approach enriches our understanding of the Roman empire, but also an awareness of the methodological problems encountered when reconstructing past experiences.

The Houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.–A.D. 250

The Houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.–A.D. 250
Title The Houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.–A.D. 250 PDF eBook
Author John R. Clarke
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 474
Release 1991
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780520084292

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"Extensively documented with well-chosen, good quality photographs, Clarke's book effectively surveys these representative examples from the Late Republic to the Late Empire, illustrating the shift in the agendas of decoration as well as in the patterns of the lives played out behind closed doors within these highly charged domestic interiors."—Richard Brilliant, author of Visual Narratives: Storytelling in Etruscan & Roman Art "An enlightening and engaging walk through Roman cultural history. . . .This book will be essential to anyone interested in the classical past, in artistic ensembles, or in the experience of architecture."—Diane Favro, University of California, Los Angeles "Real experts in Roman painting are few. This book should be very welcome to Roman art historians and social historians wanting to present this material to their students."—Eleanor Winsor Leach, author of The Rhetoric of Space

An End to Enmity

An End to Enmity
Title An End to Enmity PDF eBook
Author L. L. Welborn
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 599
Release 2011-10-27
Genre Religion
ISBN 3110263300

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“An End to Enmity” casts light upon the shadowy figure of the “wrongdoer” of Second Corinthians by exploring the social and rhetorical conventions that governed friendship, enmity and reconciliation in the Greco-Roman world. The book puts forward a novel hypothesis regarding the identity of the “wrongdoer” and the nature of his offence against Paul. Drawing upon the prosopographic data of Paul’s Corinthian epistles and the epigraphic and archaeological record of Roman Corinth, the author shapes a robust image of the kind of individual who did Paul “wrong” and caused “pain” to both Paul and the Corinthians. The concluding chapter reconstructs the history of Paul’s relationship with an influential convert to Christianity at Corinth.