While the Roman water supply network’s gigantic and modest structures have often been the focus of many studies, the sewer drainage system is often overlooked. Its study is usually limited to a brief description of certain parts of the system. Therefore many questions remained unanswered. What is th...

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1. Verfasser:	Lebret, Jean-Baptiste 1989- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:	French
Veröffentlicht:	Montpellier Éditions de l'Association de la Révue Archéologique de Narbonnaise 2023
Schriftenreihe:	Révue archéologique de Narbonnaise. Supplément 53
Schlagworte:	Abwasserkanal Römerzeit Kanalisation Gallia Narbonensis Hochschulschrift
Zusammenfassung:	While the Roman water supply network’s gigantic and modest structures have often been the focus of many studies, the sewer drainage system is often overlooked. Its study is usually limited to a brief description of certain parts of the system. Therefore many questions remained unanswered. What is the legal status governing the sewers? Are they widespread throughout Roman settlements? How are they organized? Are they efficient? How are they structured and how are they linked to other Roman urban infrastructures? This study aims to answer most of these questions. In order to achieve this, a detailed analysis of about thirty ancient neighborhoods in six settlements of Gaul of Narbonne (Fréjus, Glanum, Narbonne, Nîmes, Orange, Saint-Romain-en-Gal) was conducted. In order to better understand certain sewer systems that were badly preserved in the Gaul of Narbonne, we have compared them to the ones in Ostie and Pompeii in Italy which have been fully excavated and whose vestiges have been remarkably preserved. As a result, the techniques used in constructing the sewer systems have been brought to light and the effectiveness of the sewer system as a whole can start to be evaluated. It was necessary to compare the historical sources to the collected archaeological data addressing these rather unknown systems to better understand how the sewer system was run, the maintenance and usage of drainage infrastructures, the contextualization of the sewers in Roman daily life as envisioned by the Romans from their subjective point of view.
Beschreibung:	360 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten, Pläne 28 cm
ISBN:	9791092655193