'Rethinking the Concept of 'Healing Settlements': Water, Cults, Constructions and Contexts in the Ancient World' brings together papers dealing with therapeutic aspects connected to thermomineral sites both in Italy and in the Roman Provinces, as well as cultic issues surrounding health and healing. The first part of the book consists of contributions that are focused on the numerous problems concerning the exploitation of curative springs and the settlement patterns at spa sites in terms of topography, infrastructure, architecture, cult, society and economy, emphasizing the particularities accompanying the use of beneficial sources and comparing them to that of common freshwaters. The papers in the second part of the volume concentrate on religious aspects connected to health, fertility and healing, focussing especially on sites located at particular natural surroundings such as caves and water sources. Together, the contributions in this book give us an idea of the amount and quality of research currently being undertaken in different parts of the Roman world (and complemented by one paper on the Greek world) on the topic of health and healing associated with cults and salutiferous waters.
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The Thermo-Mineral Springs at Veii (RM) and its Territory: New Discoveries and Old Excavations
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Healing by Water: Therapy and Religion in the Roman Spas of the Iberian Peninsula
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Preliminary Considerations on Thermal Spas in the Eastern Roman Provinces: he Case of Asia Minor
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Roman Healing Settlements in Bulgaria: Past Scholarship and Future Perspectives
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Before the Hammam: The Ancient Spas of Roman North Africa
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Cult Places and Healing: Some Preliminary Remarks
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Lacus and Lucus: Lakes and Groves as Markers of Healing Cults in Central Italy
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