| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Series |
Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 35 |
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Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 35.
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| Contents |
Preface / Georgia A. Aristodemou and Theodosios P. Tassios -- Introduction I. Roman aqueducts in Greece / Theodosios P. Tassios -- Introduction II. Roman monumental fountains (nymphaea) in Greece / Georgia A. Aristodemou. Part I. Aqueducts. Vaulted-roof aqueduct channels in Roman Macedonia / Asimina Kaiafa-Saropoulou -- The aqueduct of Actian Nikopolis / Konstantinos L. Zachos and Leonidas Leontaris / The water supply of Roman Thessaloniki / Manolis Manoledakis -- The Hadrianic aqueduct of Athens and the underlying tradition of hydraulic engineering / Eustathios D. Chiotis -- The Hadrianic aqueduct in Corinth / Yannis Lolos -- The Roman aqueduct of Mytilene / Yannis Kourtzellis, Maria Pappa and George Kakes -- Roman aqueduct of Samos / Telauges N. Dimitriou -- A Roman aqueduct through the Cretan highlands : securing the water supply for elevated Lyttos / Amanda Kelly. Part II. Nymphaea. Shifting tides : approaches to the public water-displays of Roman Greece / Dylan Kelby Rogers -- Fountain figures from the Greek provinces : monumentality in fountain structures of Roman Greece as revealed through their sculptural display programs and their patrons / Georgia Aristodemou -- The monumental fountain in the Athenian Agora : reconstruction and interpretation / Shawna Leigh -- New water from old spouts : the case of the Arsinoe fountain of Messene / Mario Trabucco della Torretta -- Reflecting the past : the nymphaeum near the so-called Praetorium at Gortyn / Brenda Longfellow |
| Summary |
A presentation of large scale waterworks in the Greek provinces of the Roman Empire. As a collective work, it brings together a wide body of experts from the newly emerged and expanding field of water technology and water archaeology in Roman Greece, and it fills an essential gap in archaeological research |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2018 |
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Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 4, 2018) |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
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Aqueducts -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
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Antiquities
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Aqueducts
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Water-supply
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- History -- 146 B.C.-323 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057092
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Greece -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057037
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| Subject |
Greece
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Hellas.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aristodemou, Georgia A., editor
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Tasios, Th. P., 1930- editor.
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Archaeopress, publisher.
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| ISBN |
1784917656 |
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9781784917654 |
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