Bathing in the Roman World by Fikret Yegül

200 PHOENIX Arsinoë Rotunda at Samothrace and the Temple of Demeter dedicated on behalf of Boa, the mother of Philetairos and Eumenes, at Pergamon. This gendered architectural study is an excellent analysis of prominent works and breathes new life into what one might have considered fairly well-understood subjects. N. D. Cahill’s chapter begins with the history of mapping at Sardis and the problems encountered over the years. His examinations of the layout of Lydian Sardis, in closer connection with the later phases of the city than previously thought, are particularly interesting. The list of issues and topographical problems outlined here gives some preview of what we might expect in the next generation of research at Sardis. Following Cahill, C. Ratté examines hellenistic urbanism at Sardis and the holdover of Lydian civic institutions. The degree of hellenization is an interesting problem and Ratté’s effort to contextualize Sardis in view of other great nearby cities, such as Ephesus and Pergamon, is highly valuable. D. G. Mitten and A. F. Scorziello give treatment to the fourthcentury a.d. synagogue at Sardis and the examples of spolia found within. The idea that this use of the past by the Jewish community served to tie it to Sardis’ varied history is truly intriguing. M. L. Rautman examines domestic architecture of the late Roman period at Sardis, specifically the lavishly decorated apse-shaped Room 6. The visual language reflects the geographic extent of fifth-century Sardis and its great prosperity. Appropriately following Rautman, B. Burrell documents a small bronze hoard also from fifth-century a.d. Sardis, but strangely she does not provide good illustrations of the coins except for one in situ photo (fig. 3). She contextualizes this hoard with others at Sardis and assesses their significance within late Roman/early Byzantine society. The final two papers mark a change in the contributions, since they do not particularly follow chronological order. K. Severson gives an overview of conservation work at Sardis and the great contributions the project has made to archaeological conservation in Turkey and throughout the eastern Mediterranean. In many ways this is the best testament to the career of Greenewalt and his stewardship of the site. The new storage depot shown in fig. 11, for example, provides a model for other archaeological projects. F. K. Yegül’s article on Adolf Loos and classical architecture is somewhat oddly placed in terms of the other contributions but there is no doubt that its inclusion will provide Greenewalt’s wide ranging intellect with great delight. While each contribution has footnotes, the single bibliography at the end of the volume is very useful as an up-to-date document for research related to work at Sardis. A list of figure illustrations by each chapter follows, and then a detailed index is included. The volume is copiously and beautifully illustrated. This volume is highly recommended, providing a broad overview of many varied aspects of this rich and engaging site to which Crawford Greenewalt has dedicated so much time, energy, and love. University of Victoria Brendan Burke Bathing in the Roman World. By Fikret YegÈ ul. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. 2009. Pp. xiii, 256. Fikret YegÈ ul's Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity (Cambridge, MA 1992 and 1995) heated up the scholarship on Roman baths by inspiring much new work. Winning the Alice D. Hitchcock Award from the Society of Architectural Historians in 1994, Yegül succeeded in surveying baths and bathing across the entirety of classical antiquity. Because of this triumph, Cambridge University Press asked Yegül, almost twenty years later, to BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 201 update his book for a wider audience. Bathing in the Roman World, containing twelve chapters, is the welcome result. In the “Introduction,” Yegül promises an examination of the origins and development of baths, along with a review of their sophisticated technology and architecture (Yegül’s strength), as well as an analysis of Roman public bathing customs, rituals, and activities (less thoroughly treated overall). Yegül not only considers the reception of bathing culture throughout the classical world, but also traces its transformation across three continents and into later Byzantine and Christian

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