UID:
almafu_9959402779002883
Format:
1 online resource (352 p.)
ISBN:
1-78925-636-4
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1-78297-423-7
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1-78297-421-0
Content:
One marker of the majesty of ancient Rome is its surviving architectural legacy, the stunning remains of which are scattered throughout the circum-Mediterranean landscape. Surprisingly, one truly remarkable aspect of this heritage remains relatively unknown. There exists beneath the waters of the Mediterranean the physical remnants of a vast maritime infrastructure that sustained and connected the western world's first global empire and economy. The key to this incredible accomplishment and to the survival of structures in the hostile environment of the sea for two thousand years was maritime
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Chapter 1: The Technology of Roman Maritime Concrete (J. P. Oleson and M. D. Jackson)""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. The unique character of Roman maritime concrete""; ""1.3. Recent research on Roman concrete""; ""1.4. ROMACONS research questions""; ""1.5. Summary of the archaeological and engineering significance of the analyses of the ROMACONS samples""
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""Chapter 2: Ancient Literary Sources Concerned with Roman Concrete Technology (J. P. Oleson)""""2.1. Theophrastus""; ""2.2. M. Porcius Cato""; ""2.3. Vitruvius Pollio""; ""2.4. Q. Horatius Flaccus""; ""2.5. P. Virgilius Maro""; ""2.6. Strabo""; ""2.7. L. Annaeus Seneca""; ""2.8. Pliny the Elder""; ""2.9. P. Papinius Statius""; ""2.10. Flavius Josephus""; ""2.11. Pliny the Younger""; ""2.12. C. Suetonius Tranquillus""; ""2.13. Apuleius""; ""2.14. Cassius Dio""; ""2.15. M. Cetius Faventinus""; ""2.16. Procopius of Caesarea""; ""2.17. Inscriptions""
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""Chapter 3: History and Procedures of the ROMACONS Project (C. J. Brandon and R. L. Hohlfelder).""""3.1. History of the project""; ""3.2. Coring equipment and procedures""; ""Chapter 4: Narrative of the ROMACONS Fieldwork (R. L. Hohlfelder and C. J. Brandon)""; ""4.1. Portus, Fieldwork July�August 2002""; ""4.2. Antium, Fieldwork August 2002""; ""4.3. Cosa, Fieldwork July�August, 2003""; ""4.4. Santa Liberata, Fieldwork June 2003,September 2004, and June 2005""; ""4.5. Caesarea Palaestinae, FieldworkOctober 2005""
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""4.6. Baianus Lacus, Baianus Sinus, and PortusIulius (Bay of Pozzuoli), Fieldwork September2006""""4.7. Alexandria, Fieldwork May 2007""; ""4.8. Chersonesos, Fieldwork September 2007""; ""4.9. Egnatia, Fieldwork May 2009""; ""4.10. Pompeiopolis, Fieldwork August 2009""; ""Chapter 5: The Brindisi Pila Reproduction (J. P. Oleson)""; ""5.1. The reconstruction project: Methods andmaterials""; ""5.2. Formwork design""; ""5.3. Construction of the formwork""; ""5.4. Preparation of the mortar""; ""5.5. Placement of the mortar and aggregate""; ""5.6. Conclusions from the reconstructionexperiment""
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""Chapter 6: Maritime Concrete in the Mediterranean World (C. J. Brandon)""""6.1. Important sites not sampled by ROMACONS""; ""6.2. Catalogue of maritime concrete structuresaround the Mediterranean and Portugal""; ""Chapter 7: Sea-Water Concretesand their Material Characteristics (M. D. Jackson and collaborators).""; ""7.1. Introduction""; ""7.2. Geologic raw materials of the concretes""; ""7.3. Concrete mix design and preparation""; ""7.4. Pozzolanic cementitious processes in thesea-water mortars""; ""7.5. Material properties of the maritimeconcretes""
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""7.6. Inferences regarding durability of theancient sea-water concrete""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-97465-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78297-420-2
Language:
English
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