Great Waterworks in Roman Greece : Aqueducts and Monumental Fountain Structures

Description:

In recent years an increasing worldwide awareness of the importance of water management in the ancient civilizations has generated much new discussion on water archaeology in ancient Greece. 0The present volume, 'Great Waterworks in Roman Greece', consists the very first 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 and relative bibliography regarding water management and monumental water structures in Greece during the Roman period.

subjects: Water-supply, greece,  Aqueducts,  Greece, history, 146 b.c.-323 a.d.,  Greece, antiquities,  Water-supply,  Management,  History,  Nymphaea (Architecture),  Antiquities