Bathing in the Roman world / Fikret Yegül.

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

xiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Popularity of Roman bathing culture -- Bathing rituals and activities -- Critics of Roman bathing : ethical and moral concerns -- Origins and development of Roman baths and bathing -- Heating and water supply systems of Roman baths -- Architecture of Roman baths -- Provincial baths of North Africa -- Baths and bathing in Asia Minor : the gymnastic tradition -- Bathing and baths in the East during the late Antique and Byzantine periods : new paradigms of social use -- Transformations of Roman baths and bathing in Christian and Islamic societies -- Baths, bathing, and cleanliness in postclassical European societies.