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E-raamat: Frontinus' Legacy: Essays on Frontinus' de aquis urbis Romae

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  • Kirjastus: The University of Michigan Press
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  • ISBN-13: 9780472224319
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A joint study edited by a hydraulics engineer and a classicist, focusing on Frontinus' writings on Roman aqueducts


The city of Rome depended on a complex system of aqueducts for survival, and Frontinus purports to tell his readers how best to manage this system. Although his text is largely technical, his treatment of technicalities is not always clear, raising the question of how well he, and the Romans, really understood hydraulics.
This interdisciplinary study of Frontinus' work addresses the questions that lie between the lines of his text. How large a work force was required to build an aqueduct, and how did they go about doing it? What did such an undertaking cost, and who was responsible for paying? Who decided which route should be followed? Why did Frontinus feel a need to write this book? Who was his audience?
To date, Frontinus has been subjected to very little critical scrutiny. Deane R. Blackman and A. Trevor Hodge have gathered here a wide range of recognized authorities--in classics, hydraulics engineering, surveying, financing, and the formation of calcium carbonate deposits in the water conduits-- to examine the puzzle Frontinus has left us.
Deane R. Blackman is Associate Professor of Engineering, Monash University. A. Trevor Hodge is Distinguished Research Professor of Classics, Carleton University.
List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Introduction 1(6) The system Technical terms Engineering Theory The Geometry of the calices 7(8) Roman arithmetic Frontinus measurement system Circumference Retrospect The quinaria 15(12) Estimates Talking about Roman hydraulics Continuity Velocity Time Rates The quinaria Equality for users Engineering Practice Planning 27(12) Roman engineers Water at Rome The solutions available Levelling Choosing the route Piscinae Roman Levelling and the New River 39(28) N. A. F. Smith Background Instruments Applications Techniques Accuracy The New River Project Resources and Management 67(18) Construction effort for aqueducts Time for construction Fucine Lake Comparable estimates Costs Aqueduct building : Financing and Costs 85(17) Ph. Leveau The financing of the aqueducts The aqueducts of Rome, or the estimate of a cost per kilometer The example of two aqueducts in Narbonese Gaul Conclusion Maintenance 102(7) Theft of water Aqueduct failures Repair Excursus on Calx 109(7) K. Grewe D. R. Blackman Removing calx Calcium calx as building material Urban Distribution 116(21) Distribution by usage A digression on terms Access to water Total supply Distribution by region Frontinus accounting When in Rome... Reappraising Frontinus 137(14) Frontinus hydraulicus Frontinus career Frontinus and his staff The de aquis The reliability of Frontinus Epilogue 151(10) Ancient engineering Frontinus legacy Simply engineering The labour force Money Coda Bibliography 161(1) References to Frontinus 162(1) Index 163
Deane R. Blackman is Associate Professor of Engineering, Monash University, Australia. A. Trevor Hodge is Distinguished Research Professor of Classics, Carleton University, Ottawa.
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