By Invitation Only. Accessibility of Villa Baths in the Roman North‐west

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ID11446331
AutoresSadi Maréchal (0000-0002-0211-4795, Department of Archaeology Ghent University Sint‐Pietersnieuwstraat 35 Ghent 9000 BELGIUM, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen40
Número2
Páginas211-230
Fecha de publicación2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOxford Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0262-5253 • E-ISSN: 1468-0092
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ojoa.12217
OpenAlexW3155241353
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

This paper examines how bathhouses of Roman villas in the north‐western part of the Empire can further our understanding of the amount of penetration the Roman cultural sphere had in less urbanised regions. The articulation of these baths to the villa, whether integrated, attached to it or completely freestanding, indicates degrees of accessibility beyond the inhabitants of the house. Rather than being merely private bathrooms for an elite that wished to enjoy the commodities of the city in the countryside, villa baths were social hubs for intra‐elite networking and possibly enabled a form of euergetism towards small rural communities in a landscape otherwise devoid of cities and small civic centres

Ancient history · Archaeology · Articulation (sociology · Elite · Geography · Political science · Politics · Rural area · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law · Architecture