Born out of a "water colloquium" at the AIA Annual Meeting, this volume focuses on Roman water use, supply, storage, and distribution in a variety of ancient cities, including Syracuse, Agrigento, Pompeii, Rome, Athens, and several cities in Roman North Africa. The contributors are an international group of scholars whose research provides important new perspectives on a number of ancient hydraulic problems, which are richly illustrated here.

Water Use and Hydraulics in the Roman City (COLLOQUIA AND CONFERENCE PAPERS)

Science & Math

Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga

Technology

Archaeological Inst of America

<p>The Romans developed sophisticated methods for managing hygiene, including aqueducts for moving water from one place to another, sewers for removing used water from baths and runoff from walkways and roads, and public and private latrines. Through the archeological record, graffiti, sanitation-related paintings, and literature, Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow explores this little-known world of bathrooms and sewers, offering unique insights into Roman sanitation, engineering, urban planning and development, hygiene, and public health. Focusing on the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, and Rome, Koloski-Ostrow's work challenges common perceptions of Romans' social customs, beliefs about health, tolerance for filth in their cities, and attitudes toward privacy. In charting the complex history of sanitary customs from the late republic to the early empire, Koloski-Ostrow reveals the origins of waste removal technologies and their implications for urban health, past and present.<br><br></p>

The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems (Studies in the History of Greece and Rome)

History

Ancient Civilizations

The University of North Carolina Press

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