Stabian baths in Pompeii. New research on the development of ancient bathing culture
The Stabian Baths in Pompeii play a major role for the reconstruction of the development of ancient bathing culture. In 1979, Hans Eschebach argued that this complex would have been de- veloped in 7 phases from a Greek palaestra with bath section of the 5th c BC into the sophisticated Roman baths that were buried by Vesuvius in AD 79. This paper shows that this developmental model must be significantly revised.