TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rogers,Dylan Kelby
TI  - Water culture in Roman society
T2  - Ancient history
SN  - 9789004368972
AV  - DG78 .R65 2018
U1  - 938 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
KW  - Water-supply
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - fast
KW  - Sanitation
KW  - Water
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Water use
KW  - Italy
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Rome (Empire)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-118); Front Matter -- Copyright page -- -- Acknowledgements -- Editors’ Note -- Water Culture in Roman Society; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - 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 article 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004368972
ER  -