Aqueduct hunting in the seventeenth century : Raffaello Fabretti's De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae / by Harry B. Evans.
2002
TD280.R6 E93 2002 (Mapit)
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Aqueduct hunting in the seventeenth century : Raffaello Fabretti's De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae / by Harry B. Evans.
Author
Evans, Harry B.
ISBN
0472112481 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780472112487 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780472112487 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2002.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
TD280.R6 E93 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification
628.1/5/0937
Summary
"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 a matter of course by all later scholars working in the area of Roman topography. Its findings, while updated and supplemented by more recent archaeological efforts, have never been fully superseded. Yet despite its enormous importance and impact on scholarly efforts, the De aquis has never been translated from the original Latin. Aqueduct Hunting in the Seventeenth Century provides a full translation of and commentary on Fabretti's treatise, making it accessible to a broad audience and carefully assessing its scholarly contributions."--Jacket.
"Fabretti's treatise De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae dissertationes tres is cited as a matter of course by all later scholars working in the area of Roman topography. Its findings, while updated and supplemented by more recent archaeological efforts, have never been fully superseded. Yet despite its enormous importance and impact on scholarly efforts, the De aquis has never been translated from the original Latin. Aqueduct Hunting in the Seventeenth Century provides a full translation of and commentary on Fabretti's treatise, making it accessible to a broad audience and carefully assessing its scholarly contributions."--Jacket.
Note
"Fabretti's treatise De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae dissertationes tres is cited as a matter of course by all later scholars working in the area of Roman topography. Its findings, while updated and supplemented by more recent archaeological efforts, have never been fully superseded. Yet despite its enormous importance and impact on scholarly efforts, the De aquis has never been translated from the original Latin. Aqueduct Hunting in the Seventeenth Century provides a full translation of and commentary on Fabretti's treatise, making it accessible to a broad audience and carefully assessing its scholarly contributions."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
Ch. 1. Fabretti the Aqueduct Hunter
Ch. 2. Fabretti's De aquis
Ch. 3. Dissertation I on the Waters and Aqueducts of Ancient Rome
Ch. 4. Dissertation II on the Waters and Aqueducts of Ancient Rome
Ch. 5. Dissertation III on the Waters and Aqueducts of Ancient Rome
Ch. 6. Conclusion.
Ch. 2. Fabretti's De aquis
Ch. 3. Dissertation I on the Waters and Aqueducts of Ancient Rome
Ch. 4. Dissertation II on the Waters and Aqueducts of Ancient Rome
Ch. 5. Dissertation III on the Waters and Aqueducts of Ancient Rome
Ch. 6. Conclusion.