Water use and hydraulics in the Roman city /

Water use and hydraulics in the Roman city / edited by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow. - Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 2001. - xi, 131 p. : ill., maps, plans, 28 cm. - Archaeological Institute of America / Colloquia and conference papers; number 3 . - Colloquia and conference papers ; no. 3. .

Includes bibliographical references (p.105-125) and index.

Water as a symbol of wealth? : an overview of the Roman evidence / Geology and ancient water supply in two Graeco-Roman cities : Syracuse and Agrigento / Water pipe systems in the houses of Pompeii : distribution and use / Si aquae copia patiature : Pompeian private baths and the use of water / Imperial water pipes in Roman cities / A survey of the early Roman hydraulics in Athens / Urban water storage, distibution, and usage in Roman North Africa / An epilogue : where to go from here? : future courses of water studies / Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow -- Dora P. Crouch -- Gemma C.M. Jansen -- Nathalie de Haan -- Christer Bruun -- Shawna Leigh -- Andrew Wilson -- Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Dora P. Crouch, Nathalie de Haan, Christer Bruun, Shawna Leigh, Andrew Wilson.

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Water use--History.--Rome
Aqueducts--History.--Rome
Water--Distribution--History.--Rome


Rome--Antiquities.

TD280.R57 / W38 2001