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Using and conquering the watery world in Greco-Roman antiquity /

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"In this volume, Georgia L. Irby considers how Greco-Roman authorities manipulated water on the practical, technological, and political levels. Water was controlled and harnessed with legal oversight and civic infrastructure (e.g., aqueducts, water-wheels). Waterways were "improved' a...

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Main Author: Irby, Georgia L. (Georgia Lynette), 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Series:Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
Subjects:
Hydraulic engineering > Greece > History > To 1500.
Hydraulic engineering > Rome > History > To 1500.
Naval art and science > Greece > History > To 1500.
Naval art and science > Rome > History > To 1500.
Greece > History, Naval.
Rome > History, Naval.
Hydraulic engineering
Naval art and science
Greece
Rome (Empire)
To 1500
Electronic books.
History
Naval history
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Call Number: TC16 .I73 2021
 
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