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Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome (Ancient Society and History)

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 | #2592478 in Books |  Johns Hopkins University Press |  2007-01-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x1.02 x5.50l,1.23 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Useful joining of modern science and ancient history|By Paul Vitols|This high-priced but serviceable volume brings a modern knowledge of hydrology and the effects of civic floods to what is known about floods in ancient Rome.

While it is known that ancient Rome experienced a number of floods when the Tiber River overran its banks, Mr. Aldrete makes a good case that i| ||"Raises important questions about the effects of flooding of the Tiber on the city of ancient Rome and its inhabitants and explores why Romans did not take more sweeping steps to reduce, if not eliminate, the dangers of urban flooding. There is no comparable

While the remains of its massive aqueducts serve as tangible reminders of Rome’s efforts to control its supply of drinking water, there are scant physical reminders that other waters sometimes raged out of control. In fact, floods were simply a part of life in ancient Rome, where proximity to the Tiber left a substantial part of the city vulnerable to the river's occasional transgressions.

Here, in the first book-length treatment of the impact of floods o...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome (Ancient Society and History)   |  Gregory S. Aldrete. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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