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Water supply for Roman farms in Latium and South Etruria1

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Robert Thomas  and
Andrew Wilson
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Papers of the British School at Rome , Volume 62 , November 1994 , pp. 139 - 196
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Gillian Thomas and Heather Grabbe have made this work easier by their assistance and patience. Technical staff of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome yielded many insights into aspects of agriculture and fisheries. The British School in Rome, the American Academy in Rome and the FAO provided access to literature, and discussions with colleagues at those institutions yielded valuable insights. We would like to thank Dora Crouch and John Lloyd for commenting on earlier drafts of this paper; all errors, of course, are our own.

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