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Article: NEW BOOK BY UW-GREEN BAY'S ALDRETE LOOKS AT FLOODS IN ANCIENT ROME

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February 8, 2007
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay issued the following news release:

A University of Wisconsin-Green Bay historian examines, in a first-of-its-kind study, the impact of floods on ancient Rome and offers a new understanding of how ancient and modern cities are affected by floods.

In his new book, "Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome," UW-Green Bay Prof. Gregory Aldrete uses a wide range of scientific and cultural data to develop a detailed account of flooding of the Tiber River in Rome throughout the classical period.

Aldrete said to study ancient Rome, the first truly gigantic city in human history, is to really study the problems of big cities - especially cities where floods occur.

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