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This book discusses social, religious and medical attitudes towards bathing in Late Antiquity. It examines the place of bathing in late Roman and early Byzantin
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A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient Rome Public bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to scul
Innovation in Byzantine Medicine
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Byzantine medicine remains a little known and misrepresented field not only in the context of debates on medieval medicine, but also among Byzantinists themselv
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Making Spaces through Infrastructure
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Infrastructures are fundamental means through which societies create spaces, but little is known about the precise ways in which this occurs. How have infrastru