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The Floods of the Tiber: With Additional Documents on the Tiber Flood of 1530

The Floods of the Tiber: With Additional Documents on the Tiber Flood of 1530

Gomez, Luis
Long, Pamela O.
Bariviera, Chiara

Hardcover

Series: Medieval & Renaissance Texts

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryEnvironmental StudiesItalian History

ISBN10: 1599104520
ISBN13: 9781599104522
Publisher: Italica Press
Published: Jun 15 2023
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The Tiber river winds through the center of Rome. In the 16th century, the river was fundamental to the city's life, providing water supply for drinking, washing, and industrial uses, as well as local fishing. Its rapid current powered Rome's grain mills, which ground the flour that was the basis of its food supply. The Tiber was also the depository for tons of sewage and other refuse that the city generated daily. Yet, just as the river supported Rome's life, it also threatened it. Since antiquity, the Tiber had flooded periodically, often with devastating consequences. With the city's growing population clustered in the low-lying flood plain near the riverbanks and the increasing severity of events due to climate change, the Tiber flood of October 8, 1530 was catastrophic. It was also a bitter sequel to the traumatic Sack of Rome of May 1527.

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