The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire
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2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-71745-8 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-71745-8 (ISBN)
For academic audiences interested in the history or archaeology of religion in the Roman Empire, or in the Roman provinces, in particular Roman Britain. Offers an important new interpretation of a key archaeological site and provides new ways of thinking about religious places in imperial contexts.
The Roman sanctuary at Bath has long been used in scholarship as an example par excellence of religious and artistic syncretisms in Roman Britain. With its monumental temple, baths, and hot springs, its status as one of the most significant Roman sites in the province is unquestioned. But our academic narratives about Roman Bath are also rooted in the narratives of our more recent past. 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.
The Roman sanctuary at Bath has long been used in scholarship as an example par excellence of religious and artistic syncretisms in Roman Britain. With its monumental temple, baths, and hot springs, its status as one of the most significant Roman sites in the province is unquestioned. But our academic narratives about Roman Bath are also rooted in the narratives of our more recent past. 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.
Eleri H. Cousins is a Lecturer in Roman History at Lancaster University. She works on religion and society in the Roman provinces.
1. Discovering Roman Bath; 2. From Bath to Aquae Sulis; 3. Experiencing Roman Bath; 4. Aquae Sulis and empire; 5. Water from the Earth; 6. The local writ large; Conclusion: from Aquae Sulis to Bath.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.03.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Classical Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 3 Maps; 46 Halftones, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 421 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-71745-4 / 1108717454 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-71745-8 / 9781108717458 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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