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Water use and hydraulics in the Roman city / edited by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow.

Contributor(s): Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga | Archaeological Institute of AmericaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Colloquia and conference papers ; no. 3.Publication details: Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 2001. Description: xi, 131 p. : ill., maps, plans, 28 cmISBN: 0787276901Subject(s): Water use -- Rome -- History | Aqueducts -- Rome -- History | Water -- Rome -- Distribution -- History | Rome -- AntiquitiesLOC classification: TD280.R57 | W38 2001
Contents:
Water as a symbol of wealth? : an overview of the Roman evidence / Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow -- Geology and ancient water supply in two Graeco-Roman cities : Syracuse and Agrigento / Dora P. Crouch -- Water pipe systems in the houses of Pompeii : distribution and use / Gemma C.M. Jansen -- Si aquae copia patiature : Pompeian private baths and the use of water / Nathalie de Haan -- Imperial water pipes in Roman cities / Christer Bruun -- A survey of the early Roman hydraulics in Athens / Shawna Leigh -- Urban water storage, distibution, and usage in Roman North Africa / Andrew Wilson -- An epilogue : where to go from here? : future courses of water studies / Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Dora P. Crouch, Nathalie de Haan, Christer Bruun, Shawna Leigh, Andrew Wilson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p.105-125) and index.

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