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2 FromNature to Topography 27 aesthetic quality and to enrich their experience. Yet our lack of knowledge of the appearance ofmost installations andmonuments, aswell as of their concrete architectural and spatial set- tings, prohibits amore concrete analysis of their specific contribution to local urban spaces. But considering that the ‘cities in thewater’ or ‘city islands’ ofVitruviusorStraboare sketched by themprimarily fromtheviewpointof technical controlofwaterand itspresenceasanatural element within settlement contexts,46 archaeology can add important observations and espe- cially introduce awider perspective, namely one of themanifold forms of architectural initia- tivesandambition toupgradewater toanurban feature, aswell ason theenrichmentofurban spacesbymeansofwater installationsasamajoraesthetic contribution to local cityscapes.We can trace a changing approach towater in urban settings, indicating the emergence of a new facet of regional urbanity. IllustrationCredits Fig. 1: Haug 2003, pl. 1. Fig. 2: CavalieriManasse 1998, fig. 1. Fig.3: Ninfo et al. 2009, fig.82. Fig.4: Rossignani 1995, fig.9. Fig. 5: CavalieriManasse 2012, p. 252. Fig.6: Pettenó‒Vigoni 2013, pl.4=Bertolini 1880, pl. 1. Fig. 7: Vigoni 2013, fig.63. Bibliography Epigraphic corpora Pais 1884: E. Pais,Corporis inscriptionumLatinarumsupplementa Italica I. Additamentaadvol. VGalliae Cisalpinae (Rome1884). Secondary literature Alföldy 1985:G. Alföldy, ReviewofR. Chevallier, La romanisationde laCeltiqueduPô. Essai d’histoire provinciale. BEFAR249 (Rom1983),Germania63, 1985, 216–218. Bergonzoni et al. 1976: F. Bergonzoni –G.Bonora–G.BonoraMazzoli, Bologna romana, 1. Fonti letterarie. Carta archeologicadel centrourbano, Fonti per laStoria di Bologna9 (Imola 1976). Bertolini 1880:D.Bertolini, ConcordiaSagittaria,NSc 1880, 411–437. Bolla 2005:M.Bolla, Sculturedel teatro romanodi Verona, decorative e iconiche,Quaderni del CivicoMuseo Archeologicoedel CivicoGabinettoNumismaticodiMilano2, 2005, 7–89. Bonghi Jovino 1973:M.Bonghi Jovino, K‒ Il grande tempioe l’areaadiacente, in: L. Frova (ed.), Scavi di Luni. Relazionepreliminaredelle campagnedi scavo 1970‒1971 (Rome1973) 653‒691. Bonomi–Robino2007:S.Bonomi–M. T. A. Robino, Adria fra Etruschi eRomani, in: L. Brecciaroli Taborelli (ed.), Formee tempidell’urbanizzazionenellaCisalpina (II secolo a.C. – I secolod. C.), Atti delle giornatedi studio, Torino4–6maggio2006 (BorgoSanLorenzo2007)85–90. CavalieriManasse 1987:G. CavalieriManasse, Verona, in: E. Buchi –G.CavalieriManasse (eds.), Il Veneto nell’età romana (Verona 1987) 3–57. CavalieriManasse 1998:G. CavalieriManasse, LaViaPostumiaaVerona, unastradaurbanaesuburbana, in: G. SenaChiesa–E. A. Arslan (eds.),Optimavia. Atti del convegno internazionaledi studi “Postumia. Storia earcheologiadi unagrandestrada romanaalle radici dell’Europa”, Cremona 13–15giugno 1996 (Cremona 1998) 111–141. 46 Vitruviusdoesnotmentionnymphaeaormonumental decorative fountains: Letzner 1990, 30.