Harry B Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 1134091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harry B Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harry B |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS H B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow
Reviewed by: The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow Harry B. Evans (bio) The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems. By Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. Pp. 312. $69.95. In a famous passage of his Geography (5.3.8), Strabo praises the Romans for three major achievements: paving roads, laying out…
Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by Brian Campbell (review)
Reviewed by: Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by Brian Campbell Harry B. Evans Brian Campbell. Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome. Studies in the History of Greece and Rome. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Pp. xvii, 585. $70.00. ISBN 978–0–8078–3480–0. It is not surprising that ancient historians and writers cite rivers so frequently: a key element in the physical landscape of the Roman world, rivers defined space and…
The Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome (review)
The Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome
1. Introducing neighborhoods at Rome and elsewhere 2. Neighborhoods in the Roman Republic 3. Republic to Empire 4. The reforms of Augustus 5. The artifacts of neighborhood culture 6. Conclusion
Ovid and the Monuments: A Poet's Rome
Aqueduct Hunting in the Seventeenth Century: Raffaele Fabretti's De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae
"Aqueduct hunting has been a favorite pastime for visitors to Rome since antiquity, although serious study of how the Eternal City obtained its water did not begin until the seventeenth century. It was Raffaello Fabretti (1619-1700), the well-known Italian antiquarian and epigrapher, who began the first systematic research of the Roman aqueduct system.". "Fabretti's treatise De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae dissertationes tres is cited as …
Handbook of Ancient Water Technology
Water Distribution in Ancient Rome: The Evidence of Frontinus
Any modern urban dweller in a hot, dry climate allows the value of the water supply; the Romans were no exception. Over a span of several centuries Rome supplied itself with a system of aqueducts that watered many neighborhoods and allowed the city to grow and expand. Water Distribution in Ancient Rome examines the nature and effects of this system and considers numerous important and interesting questions: How did water travel to the many neighb…
In Tiburtium usum: Special Arrangements in the Roman Water System (Frontinus, Aq. 6.5)
This paper explores arrangements through which the four Roman aqueducts running through Tiburtine territory supplied Tibur itself and villas in the region. Frontinus reports that the Aqua Anio Vetus, the oldest of the Roman lines drawing their water from the upper Anio valley, had a special branch for Tiburtine needs, but the archaeological evidence suggests that the three later aqueducts, the Marcia, Claudia, and Anio Novus, were routed through …
Lucretius on Death and Anxiety. Poetry and Philosophy in De Rerum Natura
The Tristia of Ovid
Publica Carmina: Ovid's Books from Exile
Nero's Arcus Caelimontani
Agrippa's Water Plan
This article examines Agrippa's contributions to the development of Rome's aqueduct system. Although the nature of water distribution in the ancient city is essentiall an unsolved problem, topographical evidence and statistics on aqueduct delivery furnished by Frontinus indicate how Agrippa implemented a water plan to meet urban requirements. In addition to repairing earlier aqueducts, he reworked the republican Aqua Tepula to supply private user…
The "Romulean" Gates of the Palatine
Publica Carmina: Ovid's Books from Exile
Ovid and the Monuments: A Poet's Rome
Agrippa's Water Plan
This article examines Agrippa's contributions to the development of Rome's aqueduct system. Although the nature of water distribution in the ancient city is essentiall an unsolved problem, topographical evidence and statistics on aqueduct delivery furnished by Frontinus indicate how Agrippa implemented a water plan to meet urban requirements. In addition to repairing earlier aqueducts, he reworked the republican Aqua Tepula to supply private user…
In Tiburtium usum: Special Arrangements in the Roman Water System (Frontinus, Aq. 6.5)
This paper explores arrangements through which the four Roman aqueducts running through Tiburtine territory supplied Tibur itself and villas in the region. Frontinus reports that the Aqua Anio Vetus, the oldest of the Roman lines drawing their water from the upper Anio valley, had a special branch for Tiburtine needs, but the archaeological evidence suggests that the three later aqueducts, the Marcia, Claudia, and Anio Novus, were routed through …
Nero's Arcus Caelimontani
The "Romulean" Gates of the Palatine
The "Romulean" Gates of the Palatine
Agrippa's Water Plan
This article examines Agrippa's contributions to the development of Rome's aqueduct system. Although the nature of water distribution in the ancient city is essentiall an unsolved problem, topographical evidence and statistics on aqueduct delivery furnished by Frontinus indicate how Agrippa implemented a water plan to meet urban requirements. In addition to repairing earlier aqueducts, he reworked the republican Aqua Tepula to supply private user…
Nero's Arcus Caelimontani
Publica Carmina: Ovid's Books from Exile
The Tristia of Ovid
Lucretius on Death and Anxiety. Poetry and Philosophy in De Rerum Natura
In Tiburtium usum: Special Arrangements in the Roman Water System (Frontinus, Aq. 6.5)
This paper explores arrangements through which the four Roman aqueducts running through Tiburtine territory supplied Tibur itself and villas in the region. Frontinus reports that the Aqua Anio Vetus, the oldest of the Roman lines drawing their water from the upper Anio valley, had a special branch for Tiburtine needs, but the archaeological evidence suggests that the three later aqueducts, the Marcia, Claudia, and Anio Novus, were routed through …
Water Distribution in Ancient Rome: The Evidence of Frontinus
Any modern urban dweller in a hot, dry climate allows the value of the water supply; the Romans were no exception. Over a span of several centuries Rome supplied itself with a system of aqueducts that watered many neighborhoods and allowed the city to grow and expand. Water Distribution in Ancient Rome examines the nature and effects of this system and considers numerous important and interesting questions: How did water travel to the many neighb…
Handbook of Ancient Water Technology
Aqueduct Hunting in the Seventeenth Century: Raffaele Fabretti's De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae
"Aqueduct hunting has been a favorite pastime for visitors to Rome since antiquity, although serious study of how the Eternal City obtained its water did not begin until the seventeenth century. It was Raffaello Fabretti (1619-1700), the well-known Italian antiquarian and epigrapher, who began the first systematic research of the Roman aqueduct system.". "Fabretti's treatise De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae dissertationes tres is cited as …
Ovid and the Monuments: A Poet's Rome
The Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome (review)
The Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome
1. Introducing neighborhoods at Rome and elsewhere 2. Neighborhoods in the Roman Republic 3. Republic to Empire 4. The reforms of Augustus 5. The artifacts of neighborhood culture 6. Conclusion
Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by Brian Campbell (review)
Reviewed by: Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by Brian Campbell Harry B. Evans Brian Campbell. Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome. Studies in the History of Greece and Rome. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Pp. xvii, 585. $70.00. ISBN 978–0–8078–3480–0. It is not surprising that ancient historians and writers cite rivers so frequently: a key element in the physical landscape of the Roman world, rivers defined space and…
The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow
Reviewed by: The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow Harry B. Evans (bio) The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems. By Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. Pp. 312. $69.95. In a famous passage of his Geography (5.3.8), Strabo praises the Romans for three major achievements: paving roads, laying out…
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