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John Mage jmage at panix.com
Wed Sep 27 14:55:32 PDT 2000


James Baird <jlbaird3 at yahoo.com> asked:


> Actually, one thing I'm
> particularly interested in is Roman engineering - does
> anyone have any references on it?

J.G.Landels *Engineering in the Ancient World* (University of California Press) 1978. A classicist not an engineer & it's a bit eclectic (for instance lots on catapults & water pumps and not much on roads or construction). But a good read.

K.D.White *Greek and Roman Technology* (Cornell University Press) 1984. A big (octavo) beautiful book. And K.D.White is both classicist and technically minded historian (author of the truly great *Roman Farming*). Best intro possible on the subject. Has all the civil engineering and mining left out by Landels.

john mage



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