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Water culture in Roman society /

(Number (ISBN

9004368973

(Number (ISBN

9789004368972

Erroneous ISBN

9004368949

Title Proper

Water culture in Roman society /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by dylan kelby rogers.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

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©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 118 pages)

Series Title

Brill research perspectives. Ancient history.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-118).

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Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Editors' Note; Water Culture in Roman Society; Abstract; Keywords; 1 Introduction; 2 Ancient Roman Sources on Water; 3 Roman Water Management: Administration, Distribution and Legal Regulations; 4 Categories of Water Usage: Archaeological Evidence; 4.1 Prolegomena: Modern Scholarship on Roman Water; 4.2 Aqueducts and Water Supply Systems; 4.3 Baths; 4.4 Drainage and Sanitation; 4.5 Water-Displays; 4.6 Hydraulic Power; 4.7 Post-Roman Water Culture; 5 Empire-Wide Trends and Phenomena; 6 Water Culture and Its Implications; 6.1 Power; 6.2 Aesthetics

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6.3 Water as Spectacle6.4 Shared Cultural Experience of Water; 6.4.1 Religion; 6.4.2 Landscape; 6.4.3 Water's Role in Cultures of Consumption and Pleasure; 7 Conclusions; References

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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.

Title

Water culture in Roman society.

International Standard Book Number

9789004368941

Sanitation-- Rome-- History.

Water-- Social aspects-- Italy-- Rome-- History-- To 1500.

Water use-- Italy-- Rome-- History-- To 1500.

Water-supply-- Rome-- History.

HISTORY-- Ancient-- Greece.

Manners and customs.

Sanitation.

Water-- Social aspects.

Water use.

Water-supply.

Italy, Social life and customs, To 1500.

Italy, Rome.

Italy.

Rome (Empire)

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HIS-- 002010

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Rogers, Dylan Kelby

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20200823211713.0

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