古罗马水道研究的历史考察

A Historical Investigation on the Study of Ancient Roman Aqueduct

欧美学者对古罗马水道的研究可以分为三个历史时期。16、17世纪,受文艺复兴运动的影响,欧洲学者在研究古罗马水道时充分继承了古典遗产,但过分依赖文献,忽略了对遗迹的考察与研究。19世纪和20世纪初,关于古罗马水道研究的成果集中在考古学和地志学领域。在特定的时代背景下,对古罗马水道的研究服务于现实政治的需求。20世纪60年代开始,在德国学者的推动下,对古罗马水道工程技术的研究取得了巨大进展。此外,学者们对古罗马水道的个案研究和微观研究也硕果累累,但这类研究存在较大局限性。总体而言,古罗马水道研究仍有进一步拓展的空间。

The research on the history of ancient Roman aqueduct made by European and American scholars could be divided into three stages.In the 16th and 17th centuries,influenced by the Renaissance,European scholars fully inherited the classical heritage while studying the ancient Roman aqueducts,but they relied too much on the literature and ignored investigation and research on the remains.In the 19th and early 20th centuries,the achievements of aqueduct research were concentrated in the fields of archaeology and geography.In a specific historical context,aqueduct research served political purposes.Since the 1960s,the research on aqueduct engineering technology has made great progress under the impetus of German scholars.Scholars have made fruitful research on case studies and microscopic studies of aqueducts.However,such research has some limitations.In general,there is still room for further expansion of ancient Roman aqueduct research.