Water in the Roman world : engineering, trade, religion and daily life /

Water in the Roman world : engineering, trade, religion and daily life /

Offering a wide and expansive new treatment of the role water played in the lives of people across the Roman world, papers consider ports and their lighthouses; water engineering, whether for canals in the north-west provinces, or for the digging of wells for drinking water; baths for swimming; and...

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Other Authors: Henig, Martin (Editor), Lundock, Jason (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2022]

Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 91.

Subjects:

Excavations (Archaeology) > Rome.
Underwater archaeology > Rome.
Water > Symbolic aspects > Rome.
Hydraulic engineering > Rome.
Water-supply > Rome.
Rome > Antiquities.
Rome > Civilization.

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Call Number: DG78

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Summary:Offering a wide and expansive new treatment of the role water played in the lives of people across the Roman world, papers consider ports and their lighthouses; water engineering, whether for canals in the north-west provinces, or for the digging of wells for drinking water; baths for swimming; and spas.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2022.
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (colour).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781803273013 (PDF ebook) :