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Bibliography on Roman Baths

Author	Barker P.
Chapter/Article Title	Excavations on the site of the baths at Wroxeter 1966-1974. An interim report
Book Title	Britannia
Book Volume	VI
Date of Publication	1975
Location of Article	106-117
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	Report of excavations of 4th and 5th cent. buildings on the site of the basilica at Wroxeter, the Roman Viroconium.
Type of Record	Article in Journal
Britannia	Britannia. A journal of Romano-British and kindred studies, London, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

Author	Krenkel W. A.
Chapter/Article Title	Hyperthemia in ancient Rome
Book Title	Arethusa
Book Volume	VIII
Date of Publication	1975
Location of Article	381-386
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	Hyperthemia was an inevitable consequence of the Roman passion for overheated baths. Such daily bathing was bound to decrease the fertility rate. This increased the impact of many other factors contributing to the decline of the empire.
Type of Record	Article in Journal
Arethusa	Arethusa. A journal of the wellsprings of Western man, Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo

Author	Cunliffe B. W.
Chapter/Article Title	The Roman baths at Bath. The excavations 1969-75
Book Title	Britannia
Book Volume	VII
Date of Publication	1976
Location of Article	1-32
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	Excavation carried out in 1969 and 1970 before and during rebuilding exposed most of the west end of the Roman bathing establishment. Subsequent recording of the remains and limited excavation permitted the establishment of six periods of building. Description of pottery and finds, including bottle-shaped ceramic elements possibly used in the construction of vaults. The coarse ware types associated with the Samian pottery of the culvert of trench 36 are consistent with a date in the late 1st cent. A.D. and support a Flavian or even earlier date for the earliest baths.

Britannia	Britannia. A journal of Romano-British and kindred studies, London, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

Author	Ling R.
Chapter/Article Title	The Stanze di Venere at Baia
Book Title	Archaeologia
Book Volume	CVI
Date of Publication	1979
Location of Article	33-60
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	Study of preserved traces of stuccoed vault decoration in three rooms of a complex, the so-called Baths of Venus, of the Roman Imperial Palace at Baiae. Stylistic evidence suggests that the stucco work of room I should be dated to Augustan times. The decoration of the other room is no later than Flavio-Trajanic. The decorative program is mainly Dionysiac, with some references to sports of the palaestra and to bathing.
Archaeologia	Archaeologia or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity, London, Society of Antiquaries of London

Author 1	MacDonald W. L.
Author 2	Boyle B. M.
Chapter/Article Title	The small baths at Hadrians' villa
Book Title	JSAH
Book Volume	XXXIX
Date of Publication	1980
Location of Article	5-27
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	The unique plan of the baths represents a revolutionary Roman style which rejected the traditional classicism and emphasized the sized the shapes and properties of interior spaces.
JSAH	Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Philadelphia

Author	Wiltshire D. C. S.
Chapter/Article Title	Roman aids to beauty
Book Title	HT
Book Volume	XXIX
Date of Publication	1979
Location of Article	332-335
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	Romans used perfumes, following Greek custom. Shaving the beard was a Sicilian custom. Public baths were Egyptian.

HT	History To-day. A monthly magazine, London, Bracken House

Author 1	Webster G.
Chapter/Article Title	Investigating Roman Wroxeter
Book Title	ILN
Book Volume	CCLXX
Journal Issue	3
Date of Publication	1982
Location of Article	46-48
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	Discussion of the historical insights provided by the author's excavation of the Roman city, Viroconium. By 86 A.D., the site was no longer strategically important, and the small fort there was dismantled. A new town was built on the same site and occupied largely by retired soldiers. Hadrian enlarged it in 130. The forum is located on a foundation originally intended for the baths. A fine inscription dedicating the forum survives.
Type of Record	Article in Journal
Cross-Reference	Webster G. Investigating Roman Wroexeter.
ILN	Illustrated London News, London, Elm House

Author	Devine A. M.
Chapter/Article Title	The low birth-rate in ancient Rome. A possible contributing factor
Book Title	RhM
Book Volume	CXXVIII
Date of Publication	1985
Location of Article	313-317
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	A significant contributing factor to the low birth-rate was the Roman practice of taking very hot daily baths. Modern medical research has shown conclusively that exposure to heat has a detrimental effect on male fertility.
Type of Record	Article in Journal
RhM	Rheinisches Museum, Frankfurt, Sauerländer

Author	Robinson O.
Chapter/Article Title	Baths. An aspect of Roman local government law
Book Title	Scritti Guarino
Book Volume	III
Location of Article	1065-1082
;Modern Language	English
Type of Record	Article in Collection

Cross references
14383	Sodalitas. Scritti in onore di Antonio Guarino.

Author 1	Dodge Hazel
Chapter/Article Title	Palmyra and the Roman marble trade : evidence from the Baths of Diocletian
Book Title	Levant
Book Volume	XX
Date of Publication	1988
Location of Article	215-230
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	On different varieties of marble found during the excavation and restoration of the so-called Baths of Diocletian and their importance within the wider context of the eastern provinces and the Roman empire.
Type of Record	Article in Journal
Levant	Levant. Journal of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, London, British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem

Author 1	Hanfmann George M. A.
Chapter/Article Title	Roman and late antique Sardis and the contributions of Asia Minor to Roman imperial art
Book Title	Rome and the provinces
Location of Article	21-28
;Modern Language	English
Abstract	Summary of the recent scholarly assessment provides a description of Asia Minor's contribution, as do specific results from earlier and recent work at Sardis, including the baths, the shopping center along the main street and the synagogue.
Cross references
59 9639	Rome and the provinces. Studies in the transformation of art and architecture in the Mediterranean world.

Author 1	Dunbabin Katherine M. D.
Chapter/Article Title	Baiarum grata voluptas. Pleasures and dangers of the baths
Book Title	PBSR
Book Volume	LXIV
Date of Publication	1989
Location of Article	7-46
Modern Language	English

Abstract	Two prevailing Roman attitudes towards bathing are reflected in the decoration of the baths : a sense of pleasure and beauty, but also fear of the dangers inherent in bathing and a need to protect against them.
PBSR	Papers of the British School at Rome, London, Macmillan Education

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