Building Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Andrea Brock
Tides of History
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The Implications of the Roman Constitution and Roman Institutions
The Tiber River, the effects of floods and sedimentation was a recurring challenge for Rome. This is something that they would have regularly been experiencing destruction of their harbor infrastructure. So there would have been a need to rebuild, fill in more,. raise up more, you know, reclaim more land... I like the idea that popular institutions in Rome are at least coming into being in conjunction with the need to meet these environmental challenges.
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