Cura aquarum in Campania

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 buried a large part of the region ofCampania under several feet of volcanic ash pumice stone and lava. Pompeiiwhich was redi... » 

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 buried a large part of the region ofCampania under several feet of volcanic ash pumice stone and lava. Pompeiiwhich was rediscovered in the eighteenth century and where excavations andresearch have been carried out continuously ever since is the best known ofthe cities that were stricken. The disaster froze life there as it were andas a result we now have a kind of stilllife available that enables us tostudy the living conditions in a Roman country town. urban water supply thedomestic sanitary facilities and the discharge of sewage topics that havebecome increasingly popular among archaeologists and historians during the pastyears. Pompeii is often taken as a startingpoint or benchmark for researchbecause its remains have been preserved so completely. Nevertheless manyproblems remain as yet unsolved. Cura Aquarum in Campania the first conferenceto be devoted to the water supply system of Pompeii and its surrounding areaaimed at combining the existing knowledge on the subject and formulating newresearch questions and directions. the field of historical water research withPompeii and its surrounding area at the focus of attention Peeters 1996 «