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Mines in ancient Rome gathered unprocessed metal and would then proceed to smelt it. Metal was one of the most important materials. It was used for crafts, construction, weapons, tools, and currency. Only low-status individuals or slaves worked in ancient Roman mines due to the high amounts of danger involved in their job. [36]
Las Médulas, the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire.The spectacular landscape resulted from the ruina montium mining technique.. Ruina montium (Latin, "wrecking of mountains") was an ancient Roman mining technique described by Pliny the Elder (Natural History 33.21), who served as procurator in Spain.
The index to the Ordnance Survey Map of Roman Britain lists 33 iron mines: 67% of these are in the Weald and 15% in the Forest of Dean. Because iron ores were widespread and iron was relatively cheap, the location of iron mines was often determined by the availability of wood, which Britain had in abundance, to make charcoal smelting fuel.
The depth measurements in this list represent the difference in elevation from the entrance of the mine to the deepest excavated point. The definition of mine for this list is an artificially made excavation for the purpose of extracting resources, that can potentially be accessed by humans.
Map of the gold mine The Romans made extensive use of water carried by several aqueducts and leats , the longest of which is about 7 miles (11 km) from its source in a gorge of the river, to prospect for the gold veins hidden beneath the soil on the hillsides above the modern village of Pumsaint .
Antium was an ancient coastal town in Latium, south of Rome. An oppidum was founded by people of Latial culture (11th century BC or the beginning of the 1st millennium BC), [1] then it was the main stronghold of the Volsci people until it was conquered by the Romans. In some versions of Rome's foundation myth, Antium was founded by Anteias, son ...
Cornalvo Dam in Spain, erected in the 1st–2nd century AD Lake Homs Dam in Syria, erected in 284 AD (photographed 1921). This is a list of Roman dams and reservoirs.The study of Roman dam-building has received little scholarly attention in comparison to their other civil engineering activities, [1] even though their contributions in this field have been ranked alongside their expertise in ...
The Temple of Juno Moneta (Latin: Templum Iunonis Monetæ) was an ancient Roman temple that stood on the Arx or the citadel on the Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum. [2]