Adopting Roman Habits – The Baths in the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos as a ‘Troublesome’ Case Study?

• Authors: Monika Rekowska , Demetrios Michaelides , Skevi Christodoulou , Jakub Kaniszewski

Abstracts

EN

The House of Orpheus at Nea Paphos in Cyprus, a multiphase residential complex excavated a few decades ago, is the subject of an on-going study within the framework of a new project. Recently, the bath suite in the north-eastern part of the house was analysed in detail and this has led to a better understanding of the baths’ layout and technology (such as the water management and heating system), features that confirm the adoption of the western/Italian model, while some of the details remained typical of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Keywords

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Nea Paphos; Roman period Cyprus; House of Orpheus; baths; heating system; water management

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 34
• Pages: 341-362

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Monika Rekowska

• University of Warsaw, Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000166721319

author

Demetrios Michaelides

• University of Cyprus, Nicosia

• https://orcid.org/0000000253207617

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Skevi Christodoulou

author

Jakub Kaniszewski

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/EtudTrav.34.015

Biblioteka Nauki

1975771