Hydraulic Engineering and the Study of Antiquity: Rome, 1557–70

• Published in: Renaissance quarterly Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 1098 - 1138
• Main Author: Long, Pamela O.
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The Renaissance Society of America 22.12.2008; Renaissance Society of America; Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Antiquarianism; Antiquity; Aqueducts; Bacci, Andrea; Cities; Engineering; Engineers; Environmental aspects; Flood damage; Floods; Historic artifacts; History; Humanism; Hydraulic engineering; Hydraulics; Italy; Ligorio, Pirro; Peto, Luca; Physicians; Popes; Repair; River water; Roman civilization; Sea water; Studies; Trevisi, Antonio; Works; Italy; Rome Italy

This article investigates the relationships between hydraulic engineering and antiquarian studies in Rome in the long decade between the devastating Tiber River flood of 1557 and the completion of the repair of an ancient aqueduct, the Acqua Vergine, in 1570. The essay focuses on the physician Andre...