Public needs and private pleasures. Water distribution, the Tiber river and the urban development of ancient Rome - Rilegato

Taylor, Rabun

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 8882651002 ISBN 13: 9788882651008

Casa editrice: L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2000

Riassunto

A meticuously detailed investigation of Rome's practical solution to the problems of providing and distributing the city's water supply between the end of the Republic and Trajan's reign. Taylor's principal aims are to determine where and why aqueduct systems crossed the Tiber and to assess the function of the enigmatic Aqua Alsietia. An initial discussion of the technical and legal context for aqueduct planning is followed by a topographical inquiry into several specific aqueducts including the four earliest aqueduct river crossings: the Aqua Appia, Anio Velus, Aqua Marcia and the Aqua Virgo. Taylor also examines the expansion and organisation of water supply within the Transiberim, a heavily populated district of Rome to the west of the Tiber, and assesses its influence on Rome's wider urban policy.

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Book by Taylor Rabun

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• Editore: L'Erma di Bretschneider
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 8882651002
• ISBN 13: 9788882651008
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 290