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This article describes select examples of waste management from the Roman Empire (27 BCE to 365 CE). Classical written sources and anthropological and archeological literature were studied. The central theme of this paper is ancient man’s relationship with waste and his responses to pollution.

Waste and Pollution in the Ancient Roman Empire

Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University, Brno,

Department of Classical Studies, Masaryk University, Brno,

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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This article describes select examples of waste management from the Roman Empire (27 BCE to 365 CE). Classical written sources and anthropological and...

Waste and Pollution in the Ancient Roman Empire

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 33 - 49

Received: Aug 29, 2016

Accepted: Sep 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2016-0013

Keywords
Roman Empire, waste, pollution, sewerage, city, written sources, archeology, anthropology

© 2016 Filip Havlíček et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Waste and Pollution in the Ancient Roman Empire

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 33 - 49

Received: Aug 29, 2016

Accepted: Sep 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2016-0013

KeywordsRoman Empire, waste, pollution, sewerage, city, written sources, archeology, anthropology

© 2016 Filip Havlíček et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Roman Empire, waste, pollution, sewerage, city, written sources, archeology, anthropology