Acheloo e le acque pluvie nell’italia romana
[EN] There is no place in archaic and Roman Italy that has not had to deal with the problems of inland waters. Floods, uncontrolled regimes, lack of maintenance generated flooding, loss of crops, malaria, among the main endemic diseases of antiquity. Man soon learns that detours, construction of emb...
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| Tipo de recurso: | otro |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::19e4fe8355e064d6d6a98ddbc3b01bc4 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/425898 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Acheloo Rivers Floods Malaria Channels Reclamation works |
| Sumario: | [EN] There is no place in archaic and Roman Italy that has not had to deal with the problems of inland waters. Floods, uncontrolled regimes, lack of maintenance generated flooding, loss of crops, malaria, among the main endemic diseases of antiquity. Man soon learns that detours, construction of embankments, reclamation works, purification works, collection of springs, wars for water control were necessary to guarantee the survival of the inhabitants, but that everything had to be done in compliance with the forces that presided over the natural water order: the deity who oversaw the manipulation of local waters was Acheloo. Making sure that the waters that bring death, become beneficial and bearer of fruit-bearing places was the utmost commitment to making livable a place that was not and that could not do without water, a sacred element par excellence. A river of Greece, which divided Aetolia from Acarnania, Acheloo soon became in the narration of the ancient authors, the symbol of all the local waters that flow, modified and managed by man for his survival. The contribution analyzes and investigates cases of ancient Italy through the analysis of sources with an interdisciplinary approach. |
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