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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
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text file |
| Series |
Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 35
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Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 35.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
Specialized. |
| Note |
Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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 -- Aqueduct of Actian Nikopolis / Konstantinos L. Zachos and Leonidas Leontaris / The water supply of Roman Thessaloniki / Manolis Manoledakis -- Hadrianic aqueduct of Athens and the underlying tradition of hydraulic engineering / Eustathios D. Chiotis -- Hadrianic aqueduct in Corinth / Yannis Lolos -- 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 -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Water-supply. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Aqueducts -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Aqueducts. |
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Greece -- History -- 146 B.C.-323 A.D.
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Greece -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Aristodemou, Georgia A., editor.
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Tasios, Th. P., 1930- editor.
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Archaeopress, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781784917647 |
| ISBN |
1784917656 |
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9781784917654 (electronic book) |
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1784917648 |
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9781784917647 |
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