Water Culture in Roman Society

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36894-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 206 g

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Water played an important part of ancient Roman life, from providing necessary drinking water, supplying bath complexes, to flowing in large-scale public fountains. The Roman culture of water was seen throughout the Roman Empire, although it was certainly not monolithic and it could come in a variety of scales and forms, based on climatic and social conditions of different areas. This discussion seeks to define ‘water culture’ in Roman society by examining literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, while understanding modern trends in scholarship related to the study of Roman water. The culture of water can be demonstrated through expressions of power, aesthetics, and spectacle. Further there was a shared experience of water in the empire that could be expressed through religion, landscape, and water’s role in cultures of consumption and pleasure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelby Rogers, Dylan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Editors’ Note

Water Culture in Roman Society
Dylan Kelby Rogers
Abstract
Keywords
1 Introduction
2 Ancient Roman Sources on Water
3 Roman Water Management: Administration, Distribution and Legal Regulations
4 Categories of Water Usage: Archaeological Evidence
5 Empire-Wide Trends and Phenomena
6 Water Culture and Its Implications
7 Conclusions
References

Über Autor(innen)

Dylan Kelby Rogers, Ph.D. (2015), University of Virginia, is the Assistant Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Currently, he explores the sensorial experiences of fountains in Roman Greece and throughout the Roman Empire, in addition to work in other related fields, such as Roman mosaics and archaeological archives.