title: [The use of water as indication of the presence of life: technical ways of employment in the archaelogical documentation].
abstract: Ancient urbanization often is strictly connected with rivers and sources. In the ancient world, the usage of water is also linked with the idea of sacrum and with specific religious cults (i.e. the King's Numa mith or the legend of the nymph Egeria). A complex technique of rain water preservation has been elaborated in Rome by building structures of water supplying: the exemples of Segni's colony and Ventotene's imperial island are here examined. Due to the general absence of water supply directly in the houses, public fountains were largely present in the public ways.
authors.affiliation: Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cancellieri
mesh_terms: D049690:History, Ancient; D012067:Religion / Q000266:history; D012384:Rome; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000266:history*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: L'acqua come segno di vita: modi e tecniche di utilizzo nel mondo romano alla luce della documentazione archeologica.