Gardens and Neighbors

Private Water Rights in Roman Italy

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ID19918205
AuthorsCynthia J Bannon (0000-0002-8138-6990, corresponding author), Cynthia Bannon
Year2009
Pages310
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGardens and neighbors (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3998/mpub.337014
OpenAlexW2254398472
Open LibraryOL23057923M
ISBN9780472033539
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDMpugwvspV_oC
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited2

"Gardens and Neighbors will provide an important building block in the growing body of literature on the ways that Roman law, Roman society, and the economic concerns of the Romans jointly functioned in the real world." ---Michael Peachin, New York University As is increasingly true today, fresh water in ancient Italy was a limited resource, made all the more precious by the Roman world's reliance on agriculture as its primary source of wealth. From estate to estate, the availability of water varied, in many cases forcing farmers in need of access to resort to the law. In Gardens and Neighbors: Private Water Rights in Roman Italy, Cynthia Bannon explores the uses of the law in controlling local water supplies. She investigates numerous issues critical to rural communities and the Roman economy. Her examination of the relationship between farmers and the land helps draw out an understanding of Roman attitudes toward the exploitation and conservation of natural resources and builds an understanding of law in daily Roman life. An editor of the series Law and Society in the Ancient World, Cynthia Jordan Bannon is also Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her previous book was The Brothers of Romulus: Fraternal Pietas in Roman Law, Literature, and Society (1997). Visit the author's website: http://www.iub.edu/~classics/faculty/bannon.shtml. Jacket illustration: Barren Tuscan Fields in Winter © 2009 Scott Gilchrist. Image from stock.archivision.com

Estate · Geography · Political science · Real estate · Resource (disambiguation) · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law · Legal principles and applications · Italy · Riparian rights · Riparian rights (Roman law) · Water (Roman law) · Water rights

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