Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome Kirk Westphal the book explains how the

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Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome Kirk Westphal the book explains how theWhile the remains of its massive aqueducts serve as tangible reminders of Rome's efforts to control its supply of drinking water, there are scant physical reminders that other waters sometimes raged out of control. In fact, floods were simply a part of life in ancient Rome, where proximity to the Tiber left a substantial part of the city vulnerable to the river's occasional transgressions. Here, in the first book length treatment of the impact of