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      Roman HistoryWar StudiesRoman military historyRoman military equipment
Presented within the article are direct and indirect archaeological evidence for the use of compasses on the territory of RN Macedonia during the period of antiquity. The article starts off with a short overview of the origins and... more
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      History of Science and TechnologyVitruviusAxis MundiRoman Tools
In this paper we have presented a brief account of Roman machines by looking at the historical development of a technical culture and its practice. A few examples of designer personalities and machine designs are discussed with the aim to... more
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      Greco-Roman ScienceRoman Technology
Opus Techniques Applied in Roman Walls and Floors
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      Roman HistoryAncient MosaicsRoman mortarsGraeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings
This paper examines the relationship between the design and use of mechanical technology, patronage and investment, and economic return, using three main case studies: water-lifting devices, the water-powered grain mill, and the diverse... more
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      HistoryAncient HistoryEconomic HistoryArchaeology
This book studies six vaulting techniques employed in architecture outside of Rome and asks why they were invented where they were and how they were disseminated. Most of the techniques involve terracotta elements in various forms, such... more
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      Roman BritainRoman ArmyBrick and tile (Archaeology)Roman North Africa (Archaeology)
Classical and Oriental sources tell of a precious metal called Corinthian bronze. They agree that it was an alloy of copper, gold, and silver. Together they describe various stages in its manufacture-heat treatment, quenching, leaching,... more
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      Graeco-Roman AlexandriaPliny the ElderPausaniasAncient Metallurgy
Historiens, archéologues et philologues invoquent fréquemment l’œuvre de Vitruve comme témoin privilégié des techniques et de l’architecture romaines. Ils le font parfois de manière abusive mais la démarche est, sur le fond, justifiée par... more
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      Ancient HistoryVitruviusGreek ArchaeologyAncient Technology (Archaeology)
This study examines in depth the pugio (pl. pugiones), a short dagger-sword and one of the weapons of choice of the Roman army - it was the weapon that killed Julius Caesar. Its rich decoration and the use of precious metals have given it... more
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      Roman HistoryArms and Armor StudiesRomani StudiesRoman military archaeology
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      Technological InnovationRoman Water-MillsWater millsRoman Technology
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      Archaeological GISAncient water systemsAncient Water TechnologyAqueducts
"This paper proposes three new (and tentatively, another two) identifications of sundials in Middle Eastern mosaics of the 5th – 8th century. The author discusses a vignette from the Holy Martyrs’ Church at Tayibat al-Imâm, central Syria,... more
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      HistoryHistory of Science and TechnologyClassical ArchaeologyNear Eastern Archaeology
MACHINA Technology of Ancient Rome is the result of an educational workshop held in the year 2009 in preparation of the homonymous exhibition that was displayed in the Museum of Roman Civilization - EUR, Rome. The scientific work was... more
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      Ancient Technology (Archaeology)Roman TechnologyRoman Archaeology
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      Roman TechnologyAncient hydraulics systemsImperial Foraancient drainage systems
Jacobi gives an overview of the use of saddle querns, rotary querns and mills. He describes remains of a wooden construction of a mill and millstones from the third century AD, found in a well of the Roman fort at Zugmantel. For his... more
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      Ancient Technology (Archaeology)Rotary QuernsRoman Water-MillsQuerns and Millstones
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      InventionsRoman TechnologyCrankshaftStone Sawing
Sundials in Roman and Byzantine Mosaics (1st – 9th Century AD). A scientific monograph. The sundials on ancient mosaics have not been the subject of scientific studies so far. The author has gathered together in this publication the... more
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      Ancient HistoryHistory of Science and TechnologyClassical ArchaeologyNear Eastern Archaeology
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      HistoryAncient HistoryHistory of Science and TechnologyEconomic History
(versione IT in arrivo) Sont d'abord présentés les principaux types de Moulins et de Meules, l'origine du Moulin rotatif et le phénomène de son expansion de l'Ebre vers le Rhin au cours de l'Age du Fer. On aborde ensuite le Gabarit des... more
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      Histoire Des TechniquesRotary QuernsArchéologieGrinding
It is hereby proposed that the Romans were directly involved in several major engineering projects which were carried out in Judea. These projects included the architectural planning of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem, the use of Hydraulic... more
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      ArchaeologyRoman HistorySecond Temple JudaismBiblical Archaeology
This is a scientific monograph. The sundials on ancient mosaics have not been the subject of scientific studies so far. The author has gathered together in this publication the sundials already known (Torre Anunzaiata, Sarsina, Trier,... more
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      Classical ArchaeologyNear Eastern ArchaeologyRoman HistoryIconography
Encadré 5.2 de: Silva, A. J. M. (2012), Vivre au-delà du fleuve de l'Oubli. Portrait de la communauté villageoise du Castro do Vieito au moment de l'intégration du NO de la péninsule ibérique dans l'orbis Romanum (estuaire du Rio Lima,... more
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      HistoryHistory of Science and TechnologyArchaeologyRoman History
"Editorial introduction available free of charge at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12685-012-0050-2

Table of contents and links to articles at:
http://link.springer.com/journal/12685/4/1/page/1
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      HistoryCultural HistoryLate Antique and Byzantine HistoryWater
This study presents the results of an analysis of 487 soft limestone vessel fragments found in excavations at Late Second Temple-period Gamla in the Golan. A typology of hand-carved and lathe-turned vessels is provided, taking into... more
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      Roman Palestine (Archaeology)Golan HeightsRoman TechnologyRoman Archaeology
A bibliography on Roman olive oil production and trade, compiled as part of the Oxford Roman Economy Project (OXREP).
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      Ancient HistoryEconomic HistoryRoman HistoryHistory of Technology
The origins of the concept of transmutation of base metals into gold are explained. The central tenet of alchemy is considered to have grown out of the gilding operations practiced in antiquity. It is shown that many of the features of... more
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      JosephusPliny the ElderRoman BronzesTransmutation
Roman Steelyards, Saalburgmuseum
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      Metrology, Weights and MeasuresAncient MetrologyAncient WeightsGreek and Roman Technology
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      Archaeological TheoryLate Iron Age (Archaeology)Roman ceramicsRoman Technology
Editorial introduction to a special issue of Water History, on the Roman and Byzantine empires. (Full document available on SpringerLink.) Roman mastery of hydraulic engineering, and in particular of long-distance aqueduct supply... more
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      HistoryCultural HistoryRoman HistoryLate Antique and Byzantine History
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      Roman ArchitectureRoman Technology
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      History of Science and TechnologyRoman HistoryHistory of TechnologyHistory of Science
The fact that private fountains surpass public fountains greatly in number is one of the conclusions of this paper, which also concerns the delivered quantity of water. The private fountains, and the revelation of their non-domestic... more
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      Architectural EngineeringAncient HistoryCultural HistoryArchaeology
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      Materials ScienceMaterial Culture StudiesInterior DesignGraeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings
In this paper are presented several fragments of a gilded railing (cancelli), found in 2005 in the course of the archaeological excavations carried out in the Plaza de España of Ecija (Seville), inside the monumental pool located behind... more
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      Roman building techniqueRoman ArchitectureRoman Technology
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      Wine and Olive Oil ProductionHistory of wineRoman TechnologyRoman Archaeology
A quoi s'intéresse l'archéomolinologie de 1890 à 2020 entre Histoire, Archéologie, Histoire des Techniques, Anthropologie et même Archéométrie? Quelles thématiques? Quelles focalisations? Quelle prégnance de l'Orient ou du moulin... more
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      FranceIron AgeAncient MetrologyEspagne
The study of winemaking processes in ancient times have traditionally been addressed in a more or less general view with special emphasis on the description of the different archaeological structures preserved in the archaeological sites,... more
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      Classical ArchaeologyRoman EconomyArchaeology of Roman WineRoman Technology
Since 1994, a French research team has been developing a virtual model of the city Rome in the fourth century A.D. The architecture reconstruction presented during the CAA 2008 and 2009 makes fast progress (see www.unicaen.fr/rome) and a... more
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      Virtual Reality (Computer Graphics)Ancient Technology (Archaeology)Roman Technology
CELLA VINARIA is the name of an archaeological park located in Teià (Maresme-Barcelona) around an archaeological site called Vallmora that was inaugurated on 20 June 2009. The structures excavated and documented between 1999 and 2005... more
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      Classical ArchaeologyExperimental ArchaeologyRoman EconomyArchaeology of Roman Wine
en accompagnement des séminaires : Le BENOIT 1863 : exemple (très lisible) de traité ancien 12 ouvrages et articles indispensables pour commencer ou plonger dans le sujet 18 autres titres importants 5 titres pour ouvrir sur... more
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      Rotary QuernsHistoire et archéologie du haut Moyen-âgeQuerns and MillstonesRotary querns and millstones
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      Epigraphy (Archaeology)Ancient Metal TechnologyRoman TechnologyRoman writing equipment
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      InventionsRoman TechnologyStone Sawing Machines
The water-mill is one of the earliest examples of human efforts to harness natural forces to do mechanical work, and stands as the ancestor of a long line of machines. Water-milling greatly increased per capita productivity in the... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringHistoryHistory of Science and TechnologyEconomic History
Based on the excavation in 2004 of two rectangular pits dug into the natural terrain, and related with the manoeuvre systems of two large wine Roman presses located in the archaeological site of Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelone), have... more
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      Classical ArchaeologyArchaeology of Roman WineRoman TechnologyRoman Archaeology
Technological development in olive oil production at Volubilis and in Mauretania Tingitana
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      TechnologyOlive OilRoman North Africa (Archaeology)Ancient economy
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      History of Science and TechnologyArchaeologyGeologyCeltic History
Am Beispiel der stadtrömischen Fernwasserleitungen (Primärsystem) und kaiserlichen Großthermen (Sekundärsystem) wurden pars pro toto die vielgestaltigen Interdependenzen zwischen Infrastruktur und Macht auf ihren unterschiedlichen... more
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      Ancient HistoryUrban SociologyRoman ArchitectureRoman Technology
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      Military HistoryLatin LiteratureRoman HistoryLate Antiquity
The Cella Vinaria Research Programme includes excavating the Vallmora Roman winery, placing it in its historical context and carrying out an interpretative study of the buildings and production facilities, in order to restore them. From... more
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      Archaeology of Roman WineRoman TechnologyRoman Archaeology
Early 20th century Pozzolana quarries in the vicinity of Naples
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      HistoryArchaeologyMaritime ArchaeologyTechnology