Great waterworks in Roman Greece : : aqueducts and monumental fountain structures : function in context / / edited by Georgia A. Aristodemou and Theodosios P. Tassios.

• Superior document: Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 35
• TeilnehmendeR: Aristodemou, Georgia A.,; Tasios, Th. P. 1930-,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archeopress,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 35.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (iv, 258 pages) :; illustrations.

This volume is the first 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.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 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 -- Preface -- Georgia A. Aristodemou and Theodosios P. Tassios -- Roman Aqueducts in Greece -- Theodosios P. Tassios -- 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 -- 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 -- Roman aqueduct of Samos -- Τelauges Ν. Dimitriou -- Amanda Kelly -- PART I: AQUEDUCTS -- Vaulted-roof aqueduct channels in Roman Macedonia -- Asimina Kaiafa-Saropoulou -- The aqueduct of Actian Nicopolis -- 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 of Athens -- 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 -- Τelauges Ν. 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 -- 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.