Harbouring resilience: Environmentally resilient construction and engineering at Portus.

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dc.contributor.authorAllen, Chloe
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-28T19:03:30Z
dc.date.available2025-04-28T19:03:30Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractPortus was constructed in the mid-first century AD to enhance a network of harbours that facilitated the transshipment of goods into Rome. Claudian-era engineers constructed the harbour's first phase at the mouth of the Tiber River, where local geomorphology and hydrodynamics had previously prevented natural mooring. In the Trajanic period, engineers expanded the facilities, remediated structural deficiencies and counteracted factors impacting the harbour's navigability. This study identifies the technologies and methodologies of Roman maritime engineering through literary analysis, archaeological evidence, and review of modern scholarship, and demonstrates archaeology’s capacity to inform infrastructural responses to climatic and environmental volatility in modernity.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduate
dc.description.sponsorshipJamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/22034
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity Of Victoria
dc.subjectharbours
dc.subjectRoman
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectengineering
dc.subjectarchaeology
dc.titleHarbouring resilience: Environmentally resilient construction and engineering at Portus.
dc.typePoster

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