Great waterworks in Roman Greece : aqueducts and monumental fountain structures : function in context / edited by Georgia A. Aristodemou and Theodosios P. Tassios.
Material type: TextSeries: Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 35.Publisher: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2018Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:- text
- still image
- computer
- online resource
- 1784917656
- 9781784917654
- 628.10938 23
- TC416
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
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.
Specialized.
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 4, 2018).
Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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