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Barbegal aqueduct and mills, the Glossary

The Barbegal aqueduct and mills was a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune of Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, near the town of Arles, in southern France.^[1]

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Roman aqueducts in France
Roman sites in Provence
Ruins in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Tourist attractions in Bouches-du-Rhône
Watermills in France

Amida (Mesopotamia)

Amida (Ἄμιδα, ܐܡܝܕ, Amed) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located where modern Diyarbakır, Turkey now stands.

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Ancient history

Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity.

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Ancient Roman engineering

The ancient Romans were famous for their advanced engineering accomplishments.

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Ancient Roman technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and made possible the expansion of the economy and military of ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD).

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Arles

Arles (Arle; Classical Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of Provence. Barbegal aqueduct and mills and Arles are Roman sites in Provence.

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Ausonius

Decimius Magnus Ausonius was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala, Aquitaine (now Bordeaux, France).

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Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rhône (les Bouches-du-Rhône,; lei Bocas de Ròse; "the Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in southern France.

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Byzantium

Byzantium or Byzantion (Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Thracian settlement and later a Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and which is known as Istanbul today.

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Cistercians

The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians ((Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.

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Connections (British TV series)

Connections is a science education television series created, written, and presented by British science historian James Burke.

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De architectura

De architectura (On architecture, published as Ten Books on Architecture) is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building projects.

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Ephesus

Ephesus (Éphesos; Efes; may ultimately derive from Apaša) was a city in Ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey.

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Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône

Fontvieille (Fòntvielha) is a commune in the camargue region in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

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Hierapolis sawmill

The Hierapolis sawmill was a Roman water-powered stone sawmill at Hierapolis, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Barbegal aqueduct and mills and Hierapolis sawmill are ancient Roman watermills.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.

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James Burke (science historian)

James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer.

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Janiculum

The Janiculum (Gianicolo), occasionally known as the Janiculan Hill, is a hill in western Rome, Italy.

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List of ancient watermills

This list of ancient watermills presents an overview of water-powered grain-mills and industrial mills in classical antiquity from their Hellenistic beginnings through the Roman imperial period.

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Moselle

The Moselle (Mosel; Musel) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany.

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Musée de l'Arles antique

The Musée de l'Arles antique or Musée départemental Arles antique or Musée de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques is an archeological museum housed in a modern building designed and built in 1995 by the architect Henri Ciriani, at Arles in the Bouches-du-Rhône département of France.

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Natural History (Pliny)

The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.

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Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.

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Reverse overshot water wheel

Frequently used in mines and probably elsewhere (such as agricultural drainage), the reverse overshot water wheel was a Roman innovation to help remove water from the lowest levels of underground workings.

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Roman aqueduct

The Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Republic and later Empire, to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Sawmill

A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber.

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Sluice

A sluice is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level.

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Vitruvius

Vitruvius (–70 BC – after) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled De architectura.

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Water wheel

A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbegal_aqueduct_and_mills

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Barbegal aqueduct and mills, the Glossary

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Ancient Roman watermills

Buildings and structures in Bouches-du-Rhône

Flour mills

Roman aqueducts in France

Roman sites in Provence

Ruins in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Tourist attractions in Bouches-du-Rhône

Watermills in France

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