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Authors

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Arcadius Charisius

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Cato, Marcus Porcius

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius

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Columella, Lucius Iunius Moderatus

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Constantinus

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Frontinus, Sextus Iulius

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Papirius Iustus

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Plinius, Gaius Secundus Maior

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populus Romanus

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Scaevola

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Valentinianus

Varro, Marcus Terentius

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Vitruvius, Marcus Pollio

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Keywords

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alluvio

alveus

aqua pluvia

aquaeductus

aquaehaustus

castellum

cautio

cisterna

cloaca

curator aquarum

damnum

edictum

eluvio

fistula

flumen

fons

fossa

insula

interdictum

irrigatio

iter aquae

ius aquae ducendae

ius gentium

ius naturae

lacus

litus

mare

natura

navigatio

puteus

refectio

ripa

rivus

servitus

stagnum

stipulatio

sulcus aquarius

tempestas

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Classification

1. Definitions

2. Right to use water

2.1. Legal basis

2.1.1. Statutes (leges)

2.1.2. Easements (servitutes)

2.1.3. Age in the sense of long duration of use (vetustas)

2.1.4. Nature/Nature of the site

2.2. Exercise

2.2.1. Place of exercise

2.2.2. Scope (modus)

3. Constructions to use water – Process of construction and maintenance

3.1. Public

3.2. Private

4. Legal protection of water use

4.1. Legal actions (actiones)

4.2. Interdicts

4.2.1. For public water

4.2.1.1. Prohibition

4.2.1.2. Restauration

4.2.2. For private water

4.2.2.1. Prohibition

4.2.2.2. Restauration

4.3. Terms of use and punishments

4.4. Illegal withdrawal of water

4.5. Useful advice & habits

5. Urban praedial servitudes of water

5.1. Stillicidium (Right to discharge eavesdrip)

5.2. Flumen (Right to discharge a flow of rainwater)

6. Regulation of damages and prevention of damage caused by water

6.1. Actio aquae pluviae arcendae (Action to ward off rainwater)

6.2. Servitudes of Immissions /Actio negatoria

6.3. Lex Aquilia (Plebiscite for regulation of compensation caused by damage to property)

6.4. Cautio damni infecti (Stipulation in respect of anticipated injury)

6.5. Fixing areas for the course of a river

6.6. Public precautions

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7. Consequences of changes caused by water

7.1. Insula in flumine nata (In a river created island)

7.2. Alveus derelictus (Left riverbed)

7.3. Alluvio (Alluvium)

7.4. Storms and natural disaster

8. Water as a route of transport

9. Water as a border

10. Buildings at banks, coasts and beaches

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