Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply (Duckworth Archaeology) (Duckworth Archaeology)
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
Published: November 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780715631713
Subjects: Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; Social history; Water supply & treatment; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; BCE to c 500 CE; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Middle East; North Africa; Ancient - Rome; Environmental Engineering & Technology; History / Civilization; History
First sentence: My translation is not, perhaps, a literal, word-for-word replica of the original, but I can guarantee that the spirit of it would be happily authenticated not only by Sextus Julius Frontinus himself, but by just about all Romans everywhere.
Description: "How did a Roman waterworks work? How were the aqueducts planned and built? What happened to the water before it arrived in the aqueduct and after it left, in catchment, urban distribution and drainage? What were the hydraulics and drainage involved?" "In a comprehensive, generously illustrated study ranging through the Roman aqueducts of France, Germany, Spain, North Africa, Turkey and Israel as well as the Roman heartland of Italy, Trevor Hodge introduces us to these often neglected aspects of what the Romans themselves regarded as one of the greatest glories of their civilisation."--Backk Cover.