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Chapter 11 - Powerful Springs and Dangerous Torrents on Unsafe Ground

The Hydraulic Engineering Buildings of Antioch and Seleucia Pieria

from Part II - The Making of a Capital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

By
Mathias Döring
Edited by
Andrea U. De Giorgi
Andrea U. De Giorgi
Affiliation:
Florida State University
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Summary

This chapter explores the essential aspect of water harvesting practices in Antioch, whether designed to tap into the Daphne springs to feed the aqueducts and baths or to impound runoff against floods. More subtly, the analysis documents the efforts of the royal and imperial agencies in controlling the city’s water infrastructure.

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WaterSpringsAqueductsDaphne
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Antioch on the Orontes
History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture
 , pp. 164 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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