Roman engineering : aqueducts, ensuring a vital supply, part II / Produced by José Antonio Muñiz and José Antonio Sánchez Léon.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Muñiz, José Antonio, director, producer.

Léon, José Antonio Sánchez, producer.

Digivision.

Heritage Broadcasting Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Rome.

Engineering.

Water-supply--Tarragona--History.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Segovia--History.

Bilbilis (Extinct city)--Aquducts.

Bilbilis (Extinct city).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (50 minutes)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Roman engineering : aqueducts II

Place of Publication:

[Eugene, Oregon] : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2017]

[Toulouse, France] : Digivision, [2020]

System Details:

digital

Summary:

This documentary re-enacts the historic decision to build a Roman aqueduct. An engineer is ordered to choose the location for a town and to provide it with an aqueduct to guarantee its water supply. Isaac Moreno puts you in that engineer's shoes. Using precise computer simulations combined with surface and aerial images, he helps you understand the labor and engineering demanded to build such spectacular hydraulic systems of the ancient world. The techniques used by the Romans to cross valleys, dig through mountains and decant water are clearly revealed. Viewers see the spectacular arches of the aqueducts of Tarragona and Segovia, the latter the largest Roman civil engineering project on the Iberian Peninsula. Isaac Moreno explains the motive to build, how to identify Roman sections compared with those added later by others, and the way to preserve this priceless piece of world heritage.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on July 22, 2024).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.