Sources of Ancient Healing Thermalism

Cicero Att. 16.10

Way of Transmission
Literature
Datation
61 BCE
Language
Latin
Literary Genre
Epistolography
Canonical Reference
Cic. Att. 14.10
Thermal Terms
aquae calidae
Thermal Spa Related
Baiae

Surgit pulchellus puer, obicit mihi me ad Baias fuisse. falsum, sed tamen ‘quid? hoc simile est’ inquam ‘quasi in operto dicas fuisse?’ ‘quid’ inquit «homini Arpinati cum aquis calidis?» ‘narra’ inquam ‘patrono tuo, qui Arpinatis aquas concupivit’ (nosti enim Marianas).

Commentary

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