The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople (Journal of Roman Studies Monograph) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople A study of one of the most impressive feats of engineering of the entire Roman period and its equally impressive early medieval survival and renovation. It describes and plots the elaborate system of water channels, aqueducts, and urban cisterns which made up the most extended water supply network in the Roman world.
Full description- Publisher: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
- Published: 31 December 2008
- Format: Hardback 286 pages
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- Categories: Water Supply & Treatment | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology | Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9780907764366 ISBN 10: 0907764363
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Full description for The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople
This is the most detailed study to date of one of the most impressive feats of engineering of the entire Roman period and its equally impressive early medieval survival and renovation. It presents a synthesis of historical material combined with the results of ten years of fieldwork. It describes and plots the elaborate system of water channels, aqueducts, and urban cisterns which made up the most extended water supply network in the Roman world. It also includes catalogues of masons' marks and Christian iconography to be found on the structures, as well as translations of all mentions of the system in the historical sources. Accompanied throughout with photographs, maps, plans and elevations, this book is a must for anyone interested in Roman and Byzantine engineering.
