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[ SOLD OUT ] FAGAN, G.G., Bathing in Public in the Roman World. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2002. 1st paperback ed. XIII,437p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Nice copy. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. 'The focus of this book is on bathing as a social event', i.e. 'the people who used the baths and those who provided and maintained them' (p.11). To draw a representative picture of bathing in Rome, the author collects literary sources (ranging from poetical to technical writings) and archeological findings. (...) In general, F. achieves his most convincing results when he works with ancient technical and biographical (rather than poetical) writings, as well as modern archeological studies. He examines various imperial and non-imperial bath benefactions in Rome and Italy (pp.104-175), and tries to reconstruct the social background of individuals who provided the baths, and the reasons why baths were donated in the first place. F. himself points out that these examinations must remain speculative, but they are nevertheless stimulating. (...) There are useful appendices with the texts and translations of F.'s epigraphic sources (...). The wealth of text material made available by F. contributes greatly to the value of this well-written book.' (SVEN LORENZ on the 1st ed. in The Classical Review (New Series), 2000, pp.526-27). (Antiquarian) (approx. delivery time: undeliverable) ISBN: 9780472088652