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Water in the Roman world : engineering, trade, religion and daily life / edited by Martin Henig and Jason Lundock.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 91.
- Archaeopress archaeology.
- Archaeopress Roman Archaeology ; v.91
- Archaeopress archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- Hydraulic engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2022]
- Summary:
- Offering a wide and expansive new treatment of the role water played in the lives of people across the Roman world, papers consider ports and their lighthouses; water engineering, whether for canals in the north-west provinces, or for the digging of wells for drinking water; baths for swimming; and spas.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Water and why materiality matters in Roman studies / Jason Lundock
- Iconography of the lighthouse in Roman antiquity : Symbolism, identity and power across the Mediterranean / Federico Ugolini
- Roman offensive planning : Shaping the Lower Rhine waterscape / Stijn Heeren and Mark Driessen
- 'Springs sumptuously equipped' : Meanings of water at Bath / Eleri Cousins
- If swimming was not a serious activity for the Greeks and Romans, they would not have had swimming pools / Jenny Amphaeris and Martin Henig
- The social lives of wells in Roman Britain and beyond / James Gerrard
- Aspects of the iconography of river gods in Roman Britain / Penny Coombe
- What lies beneath? Interpreting the Romano-British assemblage from the River Tees at Piercebridge, County Durham / Philippa Walton and Hella Eckardt
- Water and liminality in pre-Roman Gaul / Aaron Irvin
- Worship of the nymphs at Aquae Iasae (Roman Pannonia Superior) : Cognition, ritual, and sacred space / Blanka Misic
- An empire written on water : A personal view / Martin Henig.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Henig, Martin Water in the Roman World
- ISBN:
- 9781803273013
- 1803273011
- OCLC:
- 1341394831
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