PAPERBACK - Water Distribution in Ancient Rome. The Evidence of Frontinus, 1997, XIV-168 p., 15 fig. h.t. -

Confrontation des données archéologiques sur la distribution de l'eau à Rome avec le célèbre texte de Frontin, «De aquaeductu urbis Romae».This book examines the nature and effects of Rome's system of aqueducts, drawing on the difficult but important work of the Roman engineer Frontinus. Among other questions, the volume considers how water traveled to the many neighborhoods of hilly Rome, which neighborhoods were connected to the water system, and how those connections were made. A consideration of Frontinus' writing reveals comprehensive planning by city officials over long periods of time and the difficulties these engineering feats posed. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of Frontinus, of Roman engineering and imperial policy, and of Roman topography and archaeology.