Water Culture In Roman Society
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Author |
: Dylan Kelby Rogers |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 130 |
Release |
: 2018-07-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004368972 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004368973 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Water Culture in Roman Society by : Dylan Kelby Rogers
Water played an important part of ancient Roman life, from providing necessary drinking water, supplying bath complexes, to flowing in large-scale public fountains. The Roman culture of water was seen throughout the Roman Empire, although it was certainly not monolithic and it could come in a variety of scales and forms, based on climatic and social conditions of different areas. This article seeks to define ‘water culture’ in Roman society by examining literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, while understanding modern trends in scholarship related to the study of Roman water. The culture of water can be demonstrated through expressions of power, aesthetics, and spectacle. Further there was a shared experience of water in the empire that could be expressed through religion, landscape, and water’s role in cultures of consumption and pleasure.
Author |
: Roberta J. Magnusson |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2001-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780801866265 |
ISBN-13 |
: 080186626X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Water Technology in the Middle Ages by : Roberta J. Magnusson
Focusing attention on gravity-fed water-flow systems in medieval cities and monasteries, Water Technology in the Middle Ages: Cities, Monasteries, and Waterworks after the Roman Empire challenges the view that hydraulic engineering died with the Romans and remained moribund until the Renaissance. Roberta Magnusson explores the systems' technologies -- how they worked, what uses the water served -- and also the social rifts that created struggles over access to this basic necessity. Mindful of theoretical questions about what hastens technological change and how society and technology mutually influence one another, the author supplies a thoughtful and instructive study. Archeological, historical, and literary evidence vividly depicts those who designed, constructed, and used medieval water systems and demonstrates a shift from a public-administrative to a private-innovative framework -- one that argues for the importance of local initiatives. "The following chapters attempt to chart a course between the Scylla and Charybdis of technological and social determinism. While writing them, I have tried to strike a balance between the technical and human aspects of medieval hydraulic systems, and to remember that beneath the welter of documents and diffusion patterns, configurations and components, ordinances and expenditures, lie the perceptions, the choices, and often the plain hard work of individual men and women." -- from the Preface
Author |
: Anonymous |
Publisher |
: Good Press |
Total Pages |
: 48 |
Release |
: 2019-12-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: EAN:4057664570215 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Twelve Tables by : Anonymous
This book presents the legislation that formed the basis of Roman law - The Laws of the Twelve Tables. These laws, formally promulgated in 449 BC, consolidated earlier traditions and established enduring rights and duties of Roman citizens. The Tables were created in response to agitation by the plebeian class, who had previously been excluded from the higher benefits of the Republic. Despite previously being unwritten and exclusively interpreted by upper-class priests, the Tables became highly regarded and formed the basis of Roman law for a thousand years. This comprehensive sequence of definitions of private rights and procedures, although highly specific and diverse, provided a foundation for the enduring legal system of the Roman Empire.
Author |
: Prudence J. Jones |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 148 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0739112406 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780739112403 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reading Rivers in Roman Literature and Culture by : Prudence J. Jones
Reading Rivers is the first book in a new series: Roman Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Author Prudence Jones examines rivers as a literary phenomenon, particularly in the poetry of Vergil. The point of such an investigation is twofold: an examination of VergilOs poetry elucidates particularly clearly a point about rivers: that their inclusion functions almost as a literary device, and an examination of rivers makes a point about Vergil: that rivers are essential to understanding the trajectory of his works, in particular the structure of the Aeneid. This study depends primarily on the close analysis of the poetry of Vergil and of other relevant authors. In Part I Jones examines the Greco-Roman understanding of the river in its primary symbolic roles: cosmological, ritual and ethnographical. Part II analyzes the river as a literary device, with particular attention to the works of Vergil, and argues that descriptions of rivers in Roman poetry are, in many cases, a form of authorial comment on the progress or structure of a narrative. Jones gives scholars in the classics, and literary critics who focus specifically on Roman antiquity a special prism through which to view the works of Vergil as well as other significant authors. This book is also for those working in the fields of cultural studies, cultural geography, and ancient philosophy.
Author |
: Andrew Tibbs |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 269 |
Release |
: 2023-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000986518 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000986519 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rivers and Waterways in the Roman World by : Andrew Tibbs
Taking a broad geographical, temporal, and cross-disciplinary approach, this volume explores new and innovative research which focuses on rivers and waterways from across the Roman world. Rivers and Waterways in the Roman World brings together cross-disciplinary chapters focussing on theoretical approaches, new digital and scientific methods and analytical techniques, and related surveying and excavation case studies to examine the Romans' extensive use of rivers and inland waterways around the Empire. Roman seafaring is well studied, but this book expands our knowledge of Roman transport, communication, and trade networks inland. The book highlights the challenges of archaeological work in the dynamic environments of rivers and waterways and showcases the use of new methodologies, including the increasing availability and accessibility of digital technologies that have led to a growth in the development and application of new archaeological and analytical techniques, as well as the discovery of new archaeological sites, many of which were previously inaccessible. This book is for archaeologists, historians, classicists, and geographers with an interest in the history and archaeology of the Roman Empire. Chapter 15 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Chapter 4 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution(CC-BY) 4.0 license.
Author |
: Peter J. Aicher |
Publisher |
: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 1995-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0865162719 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780865162716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome by : Peter J. Aicher
Aicher has crafted an ideal introduction and a valuable field companion for navigating the Roman aqueducts. Features new maps, schematic drawings, photographs, and reprints of Ashby's line drawings.
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: |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2020-10-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004441378 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004441379 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis People and Institutions in the Roman Empire by :
People and Institutions in the Roman Empire examines the lived experience of individuals withinRoman state and social institutions including army, law, religion, arena, and baths. In so doingit contextualizes Garrett Fagan’s contributions to our understanding of Roman history.
Author |
: Jerome Carcopino |
Publisher |
: Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 453 |
Release |
: 2011-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781446549056 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1446549054 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Daily Life in Ancient Rome - The People and the City at the Height of the Empire by : Jerome Carcopino
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author |
: Brooke Shilling |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2016-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107105997 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107105994 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fountains and Water Culture in Byzantium by : Brooke Shilling
This collection explores the ancient fountains of Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul, reviving the senses of past water cultures.
Author |
: Lucy Grig |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 381 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107074897 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107074894 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Popular Culture in the Ancient World by : Lucy Grig
This book adopts a new approach to the classical world by focusing on ancient popular culture.