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Management of fluvio-coastal dynamics in the Tiber delta during the Roman period: using an integrated waterways system to cope with environmental challenges at Ostia and Portus
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4705-5370
The modern Tiber delta includes two river mouths flowing into the Tyrrhenian sea, the Fiumara to the South and the Fiumicino to the North. While the Fiumara is a natural channel, the Fiumicino is a canal that was excavated during the Roman period. Two major Roman archaeological sites are associated with these two watercourses: Ostia, founded between the 4th and the 3rd c. BCE, built at the mouth of the Fiumara; and Portus, founded in the 1st c. CE, built with a series of canals including the Fiumicino (Fossa Traiana), three kilometres north of Ostia. In this paper we shall explore strategies used by the Romans on these two sites to manage river mouth environments, which were characterised by high fluvial sedimentation inputs and rapid fluvio-coastal mobility. We will observe possible urban adjustments to natural constraints at Ostia, and demonstrate how Portus was, building on the experience from Ostia, from its inception designed to reduce fluvial sedimentation in the harbour basins and to lower lateral mobility of the canals. Finally, we will propose the existence of an integrated management system for the watercourses at Portus and Ostia in the Imperial period.
Management of fluvio-coastal dynamics in the Tiber delta during the Roman period: using an integrated waterways system to cope with environmental challenges at Ostia and Portus
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4705-5370
The modern Tiber delta includes two river mouths flowing into the Tyrrhenian sea, the Fiumara to the South and the Fiumicino to the North. While the Fiumara is a natural channel, the Fiumicino is a canal that was excavated during the Roman period. Two major Roman archaeological sites are associated with these two watercourses: Ostia, founded between the 4th and the 3rd c. BCE, built at the mouth of the Fiumara; and Portus, founded in the 1st c. CE, built with a series of canals including the Fiumicino (Fossa Traiana), three kilometres north of Ostia. In this paper we shall explore strategies used by the Romans on these two sites to manage river mouth environments, which were characterised by high fluvial sedimentation inputs and rapid fluvio-coastal mobility. We will observe possible urban adjustments to natural constraints at Ostia, and demonstrate how Portus was, building on the experience from Ostia, from its inception designed to reduce fluvial sedimentation in the harbour basins and to lower lateral mobility of the canals. Finally, we will propose the existence of an integrated management system for the watercourses at Portus and Ostia in the Imperial period.
Management of fluvio-coastal dynamics in the Tiber delta during the Roman period: using an integrated waterways system to cope with environmental challenges at Ostia and Portus
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4705-5370
The modern Tiber delta includes two river mouths flowing into the Tyrrhenian sea, the Fiumara to the South and the Fiumicino to the North. While the Fiumara is a natural channel, the Fiumicino is a canal that was excavated during the Roman period. Two major Roman archaeological sites are associated with these two watercourses: Ostia, founded between the 4th and the 3rd c. BCE, built at the mouth of the Fiumara; and Portus, founded in the 1st c. CE, built with a series of canals including the Fiumicino (Fossa Traiana), three kilometres north of Ostia. In this paper we shall explore strategies used by the Romans on these two sites to manage river mouth environments, which were characterised by high fluvial sedimentation inputs and rapid fluvio-coastal mobility. We will observe possible urban adjustments to natural constraints at Ostia, and demonstrate how Portus was, building on the experience from Ostia, from its inception designed to reduce fluvial sedimentation in the harbour basins and to lower lateral mobility of the canals. Finally, we will propose the existence of an integrated management system for the watercourses at Portus and Ostia in the Imperial period.
Management of fluvio-coastal dynamics in the Tiber delta during the Roman period: using an integrated waterways system to cope with environmental challenges at Ostia and Portus
Water Hist
Salomon, Ferréol (Autor:in) / Strutt, Kristian (Autor:in) / Mladenović, Dragana (Autor:in) / Goiran, Jean-Philippe (Autor:in) / Keay, Simon (Autor:in)
Water History ; 15 ; 105-123
01.04.2023
19 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Geoarchaeology , Watercourse management , Roman canals , Roman harbours , Ostia and Portus , Tiber delta Environment , Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution , Water, general , Civil Engineering , Hydrogeology , History, general , Earth and Environmental Science
| Springer Verlag | 1955
A harbour–canal at Portus: a geoarchaeological approach to the Canale Romano: Tiber delta, Italy
| Springer Verlag | 2014