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This document summarizes the importance of water availability in Byzantine civilization based on historical sources. It discusses how the Byzantine empire obtained drinking water through aqueducts and cisterns, and distinguished between different water sources. It also describes how access to water impacted military strategy, settlements, and the daily lives of imperial elites versus monastics. When powerful families fell from power, they lost access to fine wines and were relegated to drinking cold water l

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