CLARCH 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tepidarium, Hypocaust, Microsoft Powerpoint
Document Summary
A statement or a theory put forward as the premise of the paper to be proven. Good paper has many arguments that come together into an overall statement. Statement = insight or understanding that is broad/general and associated to the topic of research. Good thesis"s have nuances and takes into account anomalies. Starts with: in this paper i will show There needs to be a so what (what does this mean for the roman world) < nudity was an accepted practice in the roman bathhouse as proven by the archaeological and literary evidences. Roman bathhouse was perceived differently than it is in today"s society. < nudity was prevalent in the roman bathhouse, but its frequency and acceptability varied in different parts and different periods of the roman empire. Next week topic = jews in roman bathhouses: must read article by someone named reich - how do jews feel about.
