Waters for the capital: Hydraulic infrastructure and use in Byzantine Constantinople

James Crow

doi:10.1017/9781108632614.007

Waters for the capital: Hydraulic infrastructure and use in Byzantine Constantinople

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Chapter 4, “Waters for the Capital: Hydraulic Infrastructure and Use in Byzantine Constantinople,” provides an overview of the history of water supply and distribution to Constantinople, discussing the construction and maintenance of hydraulic infrastructure and its importance in determining the ways in which the city grew and developed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
Editors	Sarah Bassett
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambrige University Press
Chapter	4
Pages	67-86
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108632614
ISBN (Print)	9781108498180, 9781108705578
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108632614.007
Publication status	Published - 17 Mar 2022

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Name	Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
Publisher	Cambridge University Press

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infrastructure
water supply
water storage
aqueduct

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