The Floods of the Tiber

THE TIBER FLOOD of October 8, 1530 was catastrophic. Luis Gómez’sThe Floods of the Tiber of 1531 provides an eyewitness account of this major environmental disaster and offers a rich and varied example of how humanists could mobilize their written and material sources, exercise skills in reading and historical interpretation, use the past to make sense of their present, and re-imagine the future. This first English translation by Chiara Bariviera, Pamela O. Long,andWilliam L. North presents a collective effort of different expertises, ranging from Roman archeology and topography to late ancient, medieval, and early modern history of science, technology, urbanism, and culture. It offers a clear, accurate, and readable English version of the original 1531 Latin edition — here also transcribed in full for the first time — accompanied by an informative introduction, expert annotations, comprehensive bibliography and index. 17 illustrations.— Google Books