Great waterworks in Roman Greece : aqueducts and monumental fountain structures : function in context

Aristodemou, Georgia A., (editor.). Tasios, Th. P., 1930- (editor.). Archaeopress, (publisher.).

Summary: A 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781784917647
ISBN: 1784917648
ISBN: 9781784917654
ISBN: 1784917656
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
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Computer data.
Publisher: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. CatMonthString:april.21 Multi-User. Previously issued in print: 2018.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	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. Part I. Aqueducts. Vaulted-roof aqueduct channels in Roman Macedonia / Asimina Kaiafa-Saropoulou -- The aqueduct of Actian Nikopolis / 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 in Corinth / Yannis Lolos -- The Roman aqueduct of Mytilene / Yannis Kourtzellis, Maria Pappa and George Kakes -- Roman aqueduct of Samos / Telauges N. 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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
Target Audience Note:	Specialized.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 4, 2018).