Hodge, A. Trevor, author.

Roman aqueducts & water supply / A. Trevor Hodge.

London : Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1992.

viii, 504 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

"How did Roman waterworks work? How were the aqueducts planned and built? What happened to the water before it got into the aqueduct conduit and after it left it, in catchment, urban distribution and drainage? What were the hydraulics and engineering involved? And what was hydraulic technology like throughout the provinces, far from the often-studied system of metropolitan Rome? In a comprehensive study that ranges through the Roman aqueducts of France, Germany, Spain, North Africa, Turkey and Israel, Professor Hodge introduces us to these often neglected aspects of what the Romans themselves would certainly boast of as one of the greatest glories of their civilisation. Although often technically oriented, the book is aimed at non-engineers (there is a chapter on basic hydraulics, and an appendix on the use of formulae), and historians of society and the economy are not overlooked. Above all, the book looks on aqueducts as functioning machines rather than as static archaeological monuments." -- Provided by publisher

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Aqueducts Rome History.
Water-supply Rome History.
Aqueducts Rome.
Water-supply Rome.
Water Supply history
Aqueducs Rome.
Eau Approvisionnement Rome.
Aqueducs Rome Histoire.
Eau Approvisionnement Rome Histoire.
Antiquities
Aqueducts
Water-supply
Aquädukt
Wasserversorgung
Aquaducten.
Romeinse oudheid.
Wasserversorgung Römer
Aquädukt Römer
Römer
Water Rome Distribution.
Hydraulique
Approvisionnement en eau
Aqueducs romains
Rome Antiquities.
Rome Antiquités.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Water supply Archaeology
Roman Empire

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Roman aqueducts and water supply

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