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Great waterworks in Roman Greece
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This volume is the 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.
| Title |
Great waterworks in Roman Greece : aqueducts and monumental fountain structures : function in context / edited by Georgia A. Aristodemou and Theodosios P. Tassios. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Oxford : Archeopress |
| Creation Date |
[2018] |
| Content |
Cover -- Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- 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 -- Preface -- Georgia A. Aristodemou and Theodosios P. Tassios -- Roman Aqueducts in Greece -- Theodosios P. Tassios -- 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 -- 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 -- Roman aqueduct of Samos -- Τelauges Ν. Dimitriou -- Amanda Kelly -- PART I: AQUEDUCTS -- Vaulted-roof aqueduct channels in Roman Macedonia -- Asimina Kaiafa-Saropoulou -- The aqueduct of Actian Nicopolis -- 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 of Athens -- 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 -- Τelauges Ν. 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 -- 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. |
| Series |
Archaeopress Roman archaeology 35 |
| Extent |
1 online resource (iv, 258 pages) : illustrations. |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2018 |
| National Library system number |
997010706256205171 |
MARC RECORDS
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