Book contents
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Part I Beginnings
- Part II The Making of a Capital
- Chapter 8 Antioch as a Provincial Capital
- Chapter 9 Building Programs and Natural Disasters
- Chapter 10 The City Walls of Antioch
- Chapter 11 Powerful Springs and Dangerous Torrents on Unsafe Ground
- Chapter 12 Housing in Daphne
- Chapter 13 The Antioch Mosaics
- Chapter 14 Coinage of and in Antioch in the Late Antique and Early Byzantine Periods
- Part III The People of Antioch
- Part IV Religion
- Part V Crises and Resilience
- Index
- Plate Section
- References
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
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Book contents
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Part I Beginnings
- Part II The Making of a Capital
- Chapter 8 Antioch as a Provincial Capital
- Chapter 9 Building Programs and Natural Disasters
- Chapter 10 The City Walls of Antioch
- Chapter 11 Powerful Springs and Dangerous Torrents on Unsafe Ground
- Chapter 12 Housing in Daphne
- Chapter 13 The Antioch Mosaics
- Chapter 14 Coinage of and in Antioch in the Late Antique and Early Byzantine Periods
- Part III The People of Antioch
- Part IV Religion
- Part V Crises and Resilience
- Index
- Plate Section
- References
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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- Antioch on the OrontesHistory, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture, pp. 164 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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