Water Distribution in Ancient Rome The Evidence of Frontinus

Name: Water Distribution in Ancient Rome The Evidence of Frontinus
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ISBN: 9780472084463

ISBN-10: 0472084461

ISBN-13: 9780472084463

Edition: 1994 (Reprint)

Authors: Harry B. Evans

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Water Distribution in Ancient Rome examines the nature and effects of Rome's system of aqueducts, drawing on the difficult but important work of the Roman engineer Frontinus. Among other questions, the volume considers how water traveled to the many neighborhoods of hilly Rome, which neighborhoods were connected to the water system, and how those connections were made. A consideration of Frontinus' writing reveals comprehensive planning by city officials over long periods of time and the difficulties these engineering feats posed. Water Distribution in Ancient Rome is essential reading for students and scholars of Frontinus, of Roman engineering and imperial policy, and of Roman topography…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 11/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Abbreviations in the Notes


Introduction



Sextus Julius Frontinus, On the Water Supply of the City of Rome



Frontinus' "Rule and Guide"



The Aqua Appia



The Aqua Anio Vetus



The Aqua Marcia



The Aqua Tepula



The Aqua Julia



The Aqua Virgo



The Aqua Alsietina



The Aqua Claudia/Anio Novus and Arcus Caelimontani



Aqueducts after Frontinus: The Aqua Traiana and Aqua Alexandriana



Conclusions


Works Cited


Index Locorum


Index


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