Roman engineering (A. Cámara y B. Revuelta eds.). English edition 2016

JUANELO TURRIANO LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING

ROMAN ENGINEERING «That the greatness of the empire might be attended with distinguished authority in its public buildings» Vitruvius

Lectures given at the course: Roman Engineering. «That the greatness of the empire might be attended with distinguished authority in its public buildings» held in Segovia from 9th to 11th November 2012 and organised jointly by the UNED and the Fundación Juanelo Turriano. Course coordinated by Alicia Cámara Muñoz and Bernardo Revuelta Pol.

English edition 2016

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Original title: Ingeniería romana. «Que la majestad de tu Imperio cuente con el adecuado prestigio de edificios públicos» (Vitruvio) © Fundación Juanelo Turriano, 2013

Translation: Interlinco Servicios Lingüísticos y de Comunicación, S.L.

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FOREWORD

This book is the outcome of the course held at the Centro Asociado de la UNED in Segovia, as a result of the collaboration between the University and the Fundación Juanelo Turriano, which financed it. Its title, Roman Engineering: that the greatness of the empire might be attended with distinguished authority in its public buildings, included the words of Vitruvius, which expressed the close relationship between public works constructed by engineers and the grandeur of an empire that, thanks to those infrastructures, controlled the extensive areas under its domain. We wanted to answer questions such as: What kind of communication systems existed in a huge empire? What role did religion play in hydraulic engineering? To what extent did public works make citizens’ lives easier? How was water supplied to a city? What do we know about the Segovia Aqueduct? How can we identify a bridge as being Roman? How did the Spanish Renaissance interpret Roman Engineering? The fact that the course took place at the same time as the Artifex Exhibition, in the Casa de la Moneda de Segovia (Segovia Mint), enabled the attendees to gain great insight into all the aspects of engineering and how they were applied to the Empire’s cities and territories. This book is the first in a series of publications by the Fundación Juanelo Turriano containing the lectures given by well-known specialists in the university courses, with a view to helping to inform society about the history of engineering.

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

1 Aquae Augustanae ......................................................... 9 JOSÉ MARÍA ÁLVAREZ MARTÍNEZ

2 A few traces from the Construction of Segovia’s Aqueduct ................................................................... 31 ALONSO ZAMORA CANELLADA

3 Hydraulic Engineering and Religion in the Roman Empire: Trajan and the Canal Construction ............... 49 SANTIAGO MONTERO HERRERO

4 Roman Roads: the Backbone of the Empire ............... 69 CARLOS CABALLERO CASADO

5 Design and Construction of Roman Bridges in Hispania ................................................................. 87 MANUEL DURÁN FUENTES

6 Artifex. Roman Engineering in Spain ....................... 103 BERNARDO REVUELTA POL

7 Ingenious comparisons: the look of the Renaissance ............................................................. 121 ALICIA CÁMARA MUÑOZ

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