82 research outputs found
Identifying the connection between Roman Conceptions of ‘Pure Air’ and Physical and Mental Health in Pompeian Gardens (c. 150 BC-AD 79): A Multi-Sensory Approach to Ancient Medicine
Different genres of Roman literature commented on the relationship between the condition of the environment and physical and mental health. They often refer to clear, pure, or good air as a beneficial aspect of the environment. Yet, unlike fetid air, they provide few descriptions of what constituted healthy air quality. Moreover, aside from pointing out the association between the environment and bodily condition, the writers also did not explain precisely how the link between the two was made. This paper utilizes a comparative study of ancient literature and the archaeological remains of Roman gardens in Pompeii: archaeobotanical samples, fresco paintings, location, and surviving features. Three questions are addressed in this study: First, how did the Romans identify and define pure? Second, how did air connect to the body? Third, what were the qualities of pure air and how did they benefit the body? Not only was inhalation a means of linking air to the body, but the two were also related through sensory perception. I argue that sight, sound, and olfaction were used to identify the qualities of pure air. Through the sensory process of identification, the beneficial properties of pure air were, in accordance with ancient perceptions of sensory function, taken into the body and affected health. Thus, sensory perception acted as the bridge between the environment and health
De curis boum epitoma / digital edition published by digilibLT digital library of late-Latin texts
Correzione linguistica Raffaella Tabacco
Codifica XML Nadia Rosso
HomePage del progetto: https://digiliblt.uniupo.it/
Documentazione: https://digiliblt.uniupo.it/progetto.ph
Digesta artis mulomedicinae / digital edition published by digilibLT digital library of late-Latin texts
Correzione linguistica Raffaella Tabacco
Codifica XML Nadia Rosso
HomePage del progetto: https://digiliblt.uniupo.it/
Documentazione: https://digiliblt.uniupo.it/progetto.ph
De re militari
GW M49487ISTC iv0010600
Epitoma rei militaris - Durlach 18
[Flavius Vegetius Renatus. Verdeutscht von Ludwig Hohenwang von Tall Elchingen]Original: Handschrift auf Papier. - Frühere Signatur: Durlach 242. - Mit 63 farbigen Handzeichnungen von Figuren (Blatt 123 - 155), wie sie auch der gedruckten Ausgabe des deutschen Vegetius von 1473 beigegeben sindVier Bücher der RitterschaftVerzaychenus der ordenun
Epitoma rei militaris / digital edition published by digilibLT digital library of late-Latin texts
Correzione linguistica Nadia Rosso
Codifica XML Nadia Rosso
HomePage del progetto: https://digiliblt.uniupo.it/
Documentazione: https://digiliblt.uniupo.it/progetto.ph
- …