Taking a broad geographical, temporal, and cross-disciplinary approach, this volume explores new and innovative research which focuses on rivers and waterways f

Figuring in myth, religion, law, the military, commerce, and transportation, rivers were at the heart of Rome's increasing exploitation of the environment of th

"Rivers in the Mediterranean have always been important locations of social formation, since they are resources of water, food and energy as well as natural bor

In this rich history of Italy's Tiber River, Bruce Ware Allen charts the main currents, mythic headwaters, and hidden tributaries of one of the world's most ren

11 chapters by different authors studying rivers and their landscapes in the Roman world, with the Romans' view of rivers and including specialized geoarchaeolo