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Pages: 378
Authors: Gregory S. Aldrete
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-03-05 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome
Language: en
Pages: 443
Authors: Gregory S. Aldrete
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-03-05 - Publisher: JHU Press

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A study of the impact of flooding on the ancient city during the classical period. While the remains of its massive aqueducts serve as tangible reminders of Rom
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Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Bruce Ware Allen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-20 - Publisher: University Press of New England

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In this rich history of Italy's Tiber River, Bruce Ware Allen charts the main currents, mythic headwaters, and hidden tributaries of one of the world's most ren
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome
Language: en
Pages: 647
Authors: Paul Erdkamp
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexit
Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome
Language: en
Pages: 606
Authors: Brian Campbell
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-15 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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Figuring in myth, religion, law, the military, commerce, and transportation, rivers were at the heart of Rome's increasing exploitation of the environment of th