Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome - Softcover

Aicher, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865162824 ISBN 13: 9780865162822

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Aicher's book provides something that has not previously been available and does it with thoroughness, readability, and accuracy...Aicher's guide deserves much praise and is remarkably useful. He has earned the thanks of all who love the ruderi of Rome and of the Campagna for making one class of ruins far more readily accessible and intelligible. Anyone wanting to visit the aqueducts from now on must use it; any teacher wishing to present Roman hydraulic engineering -- one of the greatest achievements of Roman technology -- to her or his students would be well-advised to start here.

About this title

Synopsis

An introduction and field guide, for the tourist or the student, to Rome's 500-kilometer network of tunnels and arcades and where their ruins can be found. Examines pre-Roman aqueducts, surveying, construction, distribution, and administration; includes maps of ancient and modern sites. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865162824
• ISBN 13: 9780865162822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196