L’eau dans les villes du Maghreb et leur territoire à l'époque romaine

This book presents the results of an international research program devoted to the study of water in the Roman Maghreb. It mainly aims at encouraging dialogue among specialists from different disciplines: historians, archaeologists, geographers. The first part of the volume discusses various methodologies used for water management in Roman Africa and, for comparison, other parts of the Empire. The treatment of written sources – literary, legal, gromatic, and epigraphic –, the application of geoarchaeological methods, as well as modeling with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are examined. The second part deals with the management of water at the scale of different territories, rural and urban. It focuses on various case studies that highlight a diversity of territories and scales: from the Gharb plain and the territory of Volubilis in Morocco, to the western Tunisian Tripolitania, as well as individual cities and buildings. The third part is devoted to the water supply of various communities and to the hydraulic structures essential for conveying water and making it accessible to the targeted public. This volume provides an overview of research on the history of the environment in Roman Maghreb and the impact of Rome on its landscapes.