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Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome.
He discusses the strategies the Romans employed to alleviate or prevent flooding, their social and religious attitudes toward floods, and how the threat of inundation influenced the development of the city's physical and economic landscapes.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Ancient society and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Floods and History
- One: Floods in Ancient Rome: Sources and Topography
- Floods and the Foundation of Rome
- Primary Source Descriptions of Floods in Ancient Rome
- Geographic Extent of Floods Based on Primary Sources
- The Topography of Rome and Floods
- Maps of Hypothetical Floods of Different Magnitudes
- Two: Characteristics of Floods
- Flood Types and Basic Hydrology
- Hydrology of the Tiber and the Tiber Drainage Basin
- Duration of Floods at Rome
- Seasonality of Floods at RomeFrequency of Floods at Rome
- Magnitude of Floods at Rome
- Conclusion
- Three: Immediate Effects of Floods
- Introduction and Methodology
- Disruption of the Daily Life of the City
- Destruction of Property
- Collapse of Structures
- Injuries and Drowning
- Cleaning Up after a Flood: Water, Mud, Debris, Corpses
- Four: Delayed Effects of Floods
- Weakened Buildings
- Food Spoilage and Famine
- Disease
- Psychological Trauma
- Recovery and Reconstruction
- Five: Methods of Flood Control
- Drain: The Roman SewersFill: Attempts to Raise Ground Level
- Divert: Canals and Channel Modification Schemes
- Contain: Roman Embankments
- Administrative Oversight of the Tiber
- Six: Roman Attitudes toward Floods
- Floods and the Urban Fabric of Ancient Rome: Public Buildings
- Floods and the Urban Fabric of Ancient Rome: Housing
- Water and the Gods
- Floods and the Gods: Portents and Divine Anger
- Flood Reports: Context and Causation
- Flood Prevention: Costs and Benefits
- Conclusion: The Romans� Failure to Make Rome Safe from Floods
- Appendix I: List of Major Floods at Rome, 414 BC�AD 2000Appendix II: The Modern Tiber Embankments
- Appendix III: A Note on Hydrological Sources
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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