Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply

How did a Roman waterworks work? How were the aqueducts planned and built? What happened to the water before it arrived in the aqueduct and after it left, in catchment, urban distribution and drainage? What were the hydraulics and drainage involved?In a comprehensive, generously illustrated study ranging through the Roman aqueducts of France, Germany, Spain, North Africa, Turkey and Israel as well as the Roman heartland of Italy, A. Trevor Hodge introduces us to these often neglected aspects of what the Romans themselves regarded as one of the greatest glories of their civilisation. is now available for the first time in paperback, brought completely up-to-date with a new Preface and additional Bibliography.>

Product details

• Authors: Trevor A. Hodge, Hodge A.Trevor
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2002
• EAN: 9780715631713
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3171-3
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book; Europe, HISTORY / Ancient / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Middle East, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, General and world history, North Africa, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Water supply & treatment, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, Water supply and treatment