Using and Conquering the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9781350250789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 312 str.

Georgia L. Irby

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Abbreviations Figures and Maps Acknowledgements 1: Introduction: Using and Conquering the Watery World Controlling and Harnessing Water 2: Water Rights 3: Water Quality and Urban Planning 4: Urban Hydraulic Engineering 5: Maritime Hydraulic Engineering Engaging with the Watery World 6: Sailing and Navigating 7: Maritime Trade and Travel 8: Harvesting the “Barren” Sea The Sea and “National” Identity: The political manipulation of the Watery World 9: Minoan Thalassocracy, Archaic Expansion, and Maritime Iconography 10: Hellenic and Hellenistic Thalassocracies 11: Rome: Oceanus Domitus 12: Conclusion Appendix of Major Writers and Thinkers Notes Bibliography Index