Rethinking the concept of 'healing settlements' : : water, cults, constructions and contexts in the ancient world : Roman Archaeology Conference 2016 : proceedings of the session of study (nr. 27), Sapienza University, Aula 'Partenone', 17th March 2016 / / edited by Maddalena Bassani, Marion Bolder-Boos, Ugo Fusco.

• Superior document: Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 52
• Author: Roman Archaeology Conference Sapienza University, Aula 'Partenone'),
• TeilnehmendeR: Bassani, Maddalena,; Bolder-Boos, Marion,; Fusco, Ugo, 1970-
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Limited,, [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 52.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (185 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps.

This volume brings together papers dealing with therapeutic aspects connected to thermo-mineral sites both in Italy and in the Roman Provinces, as well as cultic issues surrounding health and healing.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Christopher Smith -- Part I Thermo-Mineral Waters: From Italy to the Roman Provinces -- Methodological Aspects -- Maddalena Bassani and Ugo Fusco -- Shrines and Healing Waters in Ancient Italy. Buildings, Cults, Deities -- Maddalena Bassani -- The Thermo-Mineral Springs at Veii (RM) and its Territory: New Discoveries and Old Excavations -- Ugo Fusco -- Cult and Healing Water in Roman Gaul -- Matteo Marcato -- Places of Worship and Healing Water in Roman Germaniae and Raetia -- Cecilia Zanetti -- Healing by Water: Therapy and Religion in the Roman Spas of the Iberian Peninsula -- Sérgio Carneiro and Silvia González Soutelo -- Preliminary Considerations on Thermal Spas in the Eastern Roman Provinces: The Case of Asia Minor -- Emanuela Borgia -- Roman Healing Settlements in Bulgaria: Past Scholarship and Future Perspectives -- Mariya Avramova -- Before the Hammam: The Ancient Spas of Roman North Africa -- Jens Koehler -- Part II Cult Places and Healing -- Cult Places and Healing: Some Preliminary Remarks -- Marion Bolder-Boos and Annalisa Calapà -- Sacred Caves and 'Fertility Cults'. Some Considerations about Cave Sanctuaries in Etruria -- Annalisa Calapà -- Hercules and Healing -- Marion Bolder-Boos -- Lacus and Lucus: Lakes and Groves as Markers of Healing Cults in Central Italy -- Ingrid Edlund-Berry and Jean M. Turfa -- Nomina Nuda Tenemus? The Epigraphical Records of Dedications in Two Healing Sanctuaries in Athens and in Oropos -- Maria Elena Gorrini -- Results and Future Prospects -- Francesca Ghedini and Paola Zanovello -- List of Contributors.