.... It then describes the Roman baths and the rituals that were involved. It views the baths as a place for social intercourse, and looks at the events that occurred inside the Roman baths. The article also discusses the role of public bathhouses in Roman society. non elites sources ancient anecdotes noise dining...

... modes; it is an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for social intercourse. The book indirectly raises issues about the contemporary library as a collection and in this way it demonstrates that antiquity offers insight into the topics that the library now raises....

... also problematic. This chapter shows that the very issue of the limits of the Christian group's rather vague, social intercourse with strangers is encouraged, and that Paul desacrilizes the act of consuming meat. The cult exclusivity and Paul's paraenesis are also covered here. 1 Corinthians Corinth...