After experiencing a ‘golden age’ in the ’90s and early 2000s, the study of Roman baths somehow lagged in the last decade or so. For instance, baths surprisingly played a marginal role in the debate about the process of cultural change promoted by Rome in her provinces, especially in the northern regions of the empire.Continue reading “Bathing at the Edge of the Roman Empire: Baths and Bathing Habits in the North-Western Corner of Continental Europe”
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