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New and multidisciplinary methods investigating Roman water management: aqueducts and castella in Rome and Pompeii - G. Wiplinger, ed. 2020. De aquaeductu urbis Romae. Sextus Iulius Frontinus and the Water of Rome: Proceedings of the International Frontinus Congress Rome, November 10–18, 2018. Babesch Supplementa 40. Leuven: Peeters. Pp. xxxiii, 403. ISBN 978-90-429-4311-7.

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G. Wiplinger, ed. 2020. De aquaeductu urbis Romae. Sextus Iulius Frontinus and the Water of Rome: Proceedings of the International Frontinus Congress Rome, November 10–18, 2018. Babesch Supplementa 40. Leuven: Peeters. Pp. xxxiii, 403. ISBN 978-90-429-4311-7.

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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , December 2023 , pp. 604 - 612
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